Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Murton, (or Moortown)

Murton.-- (or Moortown), township, Tynemouth par., Northumberland, 2 miles NW. of North Shields, 684 ac., pop. 446; has collieries and freestone quarries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Murton CP/Tn       Tynemouth AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place names: MOORTOWN     |     MURTON     |     MURTON OR MOORTOWN
Place: Murton

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