A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
IVESTONE, a township in Lanchester parish, Dur hamshire; near the Stanhope railway, 9 miles NW of Durham. It contains the hamlets of Crook, Hall, an High Brooms, and part of the village of Leadgate. Acres 1, 925. Real property, 11, 046; of which £2, 220 are in mines, and £1, 024 in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 2, 500 in 1861, 3, 327. Houses, 613. The manor belonged an ciently to Kepier hospital. There are chapels for Wes leyans, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics; an there are schools connected with the ironworks.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lanchester AP/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Iveston |
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