Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tow Law

Tow Law, town and ry. sta., Wolsingham and Lanchester pars., Durham, 8 miles NW. of Bishop Auckland, 468 ac., pop. 5005; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; Tow Law originated in ironworks, begun in 1844.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Tow Law

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