Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CRAWCROOK

CRAWCROOK, a township in Ryton parish, Durham; on the river Tyne, and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 7½ miles W of Gateshead. Acres, 1, 158; of which 23 are water. Real property, £1, 954. Pop., 319. Houses, 71. Coal is worked.


(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: Crawbrook CP/Tn       Ryton AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Crawbrook

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