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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.
SHADFORTH, a township and a chapelry in Pittington parish, Durhamshire. The township lies 2 miles S E of Sherburn r. station, and 5 E S E of Durham. Acres, 2, 872. Real property, £6, 589; of which £2, 497 are in mines, and £27 in railway s. Pop., 1, 164. Houses, 245. The chapelry includes also part of Sherburn township, and was constituted in 1841. Post-town, Durham. Pop.in 1861, 2, 490. Houses, 522. But, on the day of thecensus, many miners were temporarily absent. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £420.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was built in 1839. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Pittington CP/AP Shadforth CP/Tn County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Shadforth |
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