Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SILKSWORTH

SILKSWORTH, a township in Bishop-Wearmouth parish, Durham; 3¾ miles S by W of Sunderland. It has a post-office under Sunderland. Acres, 1,988. Real property, £3,827; of which £525 are in railways. Pop., 289. Houses, 54. S. Hall is the seat of Gen. Beckwith.


(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: County Durham AncC
Place: Silksworth

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