A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BISHOPTON, a township and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The township lies 2 miles SSW of Stillington r. station, and 5½ WNW of Stockton-upon Tees; and has a post office under Stockton. Acres, 2,102. Real property, £3,077. Pop., 342. Houses, 80.—The parish includes also the townships of Little Stainton and East and West Newbiggin. Acres, 4,031. Real property, £4,699. Pop., 448. Houses, 99. The property is subdivided. There are vestiges of an entrenchment, supposed to have surrounded the mansion of Roger de Conyers, who, in the time of King Stephen, resisted and overcame William Cumyn, an insurrectionary and devastating pretender to the see of Durham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £250.* Patron, not reported. The church is excellent.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bishopton CP/AP Stockton RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Bishopton |
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