Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Easington

Easington, par., township, and vil., in co. and 9 miles E. of Durham -- par., 13,490 ac. and 252 foreshore, pop. 9829; township, 5058 ac. and 167 foreshore, pop. 1260; P.O.; has large collieries, and quarries of magnesian limestone.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Easington AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Easington

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