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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Bishop Auckland, township and market town with ry. sta., S. Durham, on eminence near confluence of rivers Wear and Gaunless, 9½ miles SW. of Durham -- town, 950 ac., pop. 10,097; township, 2126 ac., pop. 11,632; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Thursday. There is a handsome town-house (1863) with tower 100 ft. high; at NE. stands palace of Bishop of Durham, a splendid pile, covering 5 ac., surrounded by park of 800 ac. The town has cotton factories and engineering works; extensive coal-mines are in the vicinity.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township and market town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Bishop Auckland |
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