Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOODLAND

WOODLAND, a township in Cockfield parish, Durham; 4½ miles NE of Barnard-Castle. Acres, 3,510. Real property, £1,009; of which £160 are in mines. Pop., 252. Houses, 54. A small church was built here in 1866; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cockfield AP/CP       Woodland Tn/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Woodland

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