Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRESTON

PRESTON, a township in Tynemouth parish, Northumberland; adjacent to North Shields town and within Tynemouth borough. Acres, 542. Pop. in 1851, 983; in 1861, 1, 456. Part of the area contiguous to North Shields was laid out, prior to 1861, for streets and building-sites. See Shields ( North) and Tynemouth.


(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: Preston CP/Tn       Tynemouth AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Preston

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