Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRAMWELLGATE

FRAMWELLGATE, a township in Durham-St. Oswald parish, Durhamshire; on the W bank of the river Wear, partly within Durham city. Acres, 3, 467. Real property, £16, 133; of which £4, 600 are in mines, and £15 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 3, 085; in 1861, 4, 326. Houses, 741. A Roman Catholic church, connected with a convent, was built in 1865.


(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: County Durham AncC
Place: Framwellgate

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