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BLACKWELL, a township in Darlington parish, Durham; on the river Tees, near the Croftbridge railway, 1 ½ mile SW by S of Darlington. Acres, 1,499. Real property, £3,573. Pop., 336. Houses, 62. Blackwell-Grange is the seat of the Allan family; and he death-place of George Allan, the antiquary. There Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Blackwell CP/Tn Darlington CP/AP County Durham AncC |
Place: | Blackwell |
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