A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TANFIELD, a village, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Durham. The village stands 5½ miles S by W of Scotswood r. station, and 7 SW of Gateshead; is connected by mineral railways with the Tyne; and has a post-office under Gateshead. The chapelry includes Beamish and Lintz-green township, and is in Chester-le-Street parish. Acres, 7,072. Real property, £21,043; of which £10,810 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 3,480; in 1861, 4,593. Houses, 875. The increase of pop. arose from the working of new coal mines. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £133.* Patron, Lord Ravensworth. The church is good. Charities, £48.—The sub-district includes also Kyo and Collierley townships and comprises 9,357 acres. Pop., 7,594. Houses, 1,474.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tanfield CP/Ch County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Tanfield |
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