Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DUNSTON

DUNSTON, a township in Embleton parish, Northumberland; on the coast, near Dunstanburgh, 6 miles NE of Alnwick. Acres, 1, 663. Pop., 303. Houses, 58. Duns Scotus, "the subtle doctor, " is said, by some, to have been a native.


(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: Embleton AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Dunstan

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