Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stella

Stella, township and vil., Ryton par., and eccl. dist., mostly in Winlaton par., Durham - dist., pop. 4739; township. 286 ac., pop. 743; vil., on river Tyne, 1½ mile SE. of Ryton and 5½ miles W. of Newcastle; P.O.; has fire-brick works and gasworks; in vicinity is Stella Hall, seat.


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

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

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