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ETHERLEY, a chapelry in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; near the Northern Counties Union railway, 3¼ miles WSW of Bishop-Auckland. It has a station, jointly with Witton-Park, on the railway; and its post town is Witton-Park, under Darlington. It was constituted in 1833. Rated property, £2, 539. Pop., 1, 712. Houses, 352. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is very good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Auckland St Andrew CP/AP County Durham AncC |
Place: | Etherley |
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