Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Heworth

Heworth.-- township and vil., Jarrow par., N. Durham - township (partly in Gateshead bor.), 2811 ac., pop. 17,138; pop. of town part, 762; vil., 2 miles SE. of Gateshead; P.O., T.O.; has shipbuilding yards, chemical works, and paper-making; extensive collieries are in the neighbourhood.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Heworth Ch/CP       Jarrow AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Heworth

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