A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LUMLEY, a chapelry in Chester-le-Street parish, Durham; on Lumley beck, an affluent of the river Wear, 2 miles NW of Fence-Houses r. station, and 2 SE of Chester-le-Street. It consists of the townships of Great Lumley and Little Lumley; the former of which has a post office under Fence-Houses. Acres, 2,410. Real property, £19,799; of which £15,300 are in mines. Pop., 1,928. Houses, 412. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church was built in 1859, and is in the decorated English style. There are two Wesleyan chapels, a national school, alms houses for twelve widows, and other charities £50.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chester le Street CP/AP/Ch County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Great Lumley |
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