Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DALTON

DALTON, a township in Newburn parish, Northumberland; on the river Pont, 10 miles NW of Newcastle-on-Tyne. It has a post office under Newcastle-on-Tyne-Acres, 1, 035. Pop., 114. Houses, 22. The township forms a curacy with Newburn; and has a church, called Holy Trinity.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Newburn AP/Tn/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Dalton

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