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SEAHAM, a township and a parish in Easington district, Durham. The township lies on the coast, and on the Sunderland and Seaham railway, 1 mile N of Seaham-Harbour, and 5 S by E of Sunderland; gives the title of Viscount to Earl Vane; contained an ancient village of its own name, now extinct; contains now the village of Seaham-Colliery; and comprises 1, 498 acres ofland, and 208 of water. Real property, £6, 363; of which £2,040 are in mines, and £1,050 in railway s. Pop. in 1851, 729; in 1861, 2, 591. Houses, 437. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of collieries, and from increase of trade in connexion with Seaham-Harbour. The parish contains also the township of Seaton and Slingley, and comprises 3,079 acres. Post-town, Sunderland. Pop. in 1851, 929; in 1861, 2, 827. Houses, 480. The manor belonged to the Bowes; passed to the Collingwoods and the Milbankes; and, with S. Hall, belongs now to Earl Vane. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £380.* Patron, Earl Vane. The church is chiefly early English, and was the marriage-place of Lord by ron. The p. curacy of New Seaham is a separate benefice. S E A H A M-C O L L I E R Y, a village in Seaham parish, Durham; adjacent to the Sunderland and Seaham railway, 5 miles S of Sunderland. It takes its name from extensive coal-mines; is inhabited almost entirely by colliers and their families, forming a pop. of about 1, 500; has a station on the Seaham railway, and connexion with other railway s; and contains the church of New Seaham, a colliery school, and a reading-room.
(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: | Seaham AP/CP Easington RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Seaham |
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