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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.
HEDWORTH, MONKTON, AND JARROW, a township in Jarrow parish, Durham; extending from Hedworth on the Newcastle and Sunderland railway, north by eastward, to Jarrow on the Tyne. Hedworth itself is 3¼ miles SSW of South Shields. Acres of the township, 2, 826; of which 476 are water. Real property of Hedworth alone, £2, 972; of Monkton and Jarrow, £22, 012; of which £1, 500 are in mines and £4, 000 in quarries. Pop. of the township, in 1851, 3, 835; in 1861, 6, 494. Houses, 909. The increase of pop. was caused by the extension of the iron ship building trade. See Jarrow.
(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: | Jarrow AP/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Hedworth |
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