Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Crook

Crook.-- eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Brancepeth par., S. Durham -- dist., pop. 11,288; vil., 5½ miles NW. of Bishop Auckland and 262 miles NW. of London; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; has coal mines.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Brancepeth CP/AP       County Durham AncC
Place: Crook

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