Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GREENCROFT

GREENCROFT, a township in Lanchester parish, Durham; 1 mile N of Lanchester. Acres, 3, 050. Real property, £2, 908; of which £400 are in mines. Pop., 717. Houses, 151. Greencroft Park is the seat of Sir W. A. Clavering, Bart.; and was the place where Lady Catherine Graye, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland, was arrested in 1598. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Greencroft CP/Tn       Lanchester AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Greencroft

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.