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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SATLEY, a village and a township in Lanchester parish, and a chapelry partly also in Brancepeth parish, Durham. The village stands 3 miles N of Towlaw r.station, and 4½ S W of Lanchester; and has a post-office under Darlington. The township comprises 901 acres. Pop., 139. Houses, 29. The chapelry includes also the townships of Cornsay, Butsfield, and Hedleyhope, and comprises 7, 233 acres. Pop., 1, 339. Houses, 187. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is good; and there is an endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Brancepeth CP/AP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Satley |
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