Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ryhope

Ryhope, eccl. dist., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Bishop Wearmouth par., Durham - township (partly in mun. bor. of Sunderland), 1585 ac., pop. 6024; dist., pop. 6128; vil., 2 miles S. of Sunderland; P.O., and P.O. at Ryhope Colliery, a vil. 1 mile W.; is a sea-bathing resort.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ryhope CP/Ch       County Durham AncC
Place: Ryhope

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