Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ESPERSHIELDS

ESPERSHIELDS, a township in Bywell-St. Peter parish, Northumberland; on the river Derwent, contiguous to Durham, 8 miles S by E of Corbridge. It includes a place called Millshield. Acres, 3, 389. Pop., 182. Houses, 31.


(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: Bywell St Peter CP/AP       Espershields CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Espershields

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