Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Moorhouse

Moorhouse, township, Houghton-le-Spring par., Durham, on river Wear, 3½ miles NE. of Durham, 277 ac. and 5 tidal water, pop. 71.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Houghton le Spring CP/AP       County Durham AncC
Place: Moor House

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