Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shincliffe

Shincliffe, township and vil. (ry. stations Shincliffe and ShincliffeTown), Durham St Oswald par., Durham - township, 1379 ac., pop. 969; vil., on river Wear, 2 miles SE. of Durham; P.O., and P.O. at Shincliffe Colliery.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Shincliffe

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