Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Moorsley

Moorsley, township, Houghton-le-Spring par., in co. and 4½ miles NE. of Durham, 603 ac., pop. 1078; P.O., called Low Moorsley; in the neighbourhood are collieries and quarries.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Houghton le Spring CP/AP       Moorsley CP/Tn       County Durham AncC
Place names: LOW MOORSLEY     |     MOORSLEY
Place: Moorsley

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