Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Seaham

Seaham.-- coast par. and township, Durham - par., 2910 ac., pop. 3185; township, 1518 ac., pop. 2989; the par. contains Seaham Colliery, vil. with ry sta., 4 miles S. of Sunderland, and has rapidly increased in population since the rise of Sea ham Harbour in 1828.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Seaham AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Seaham

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