Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FOXTON AND SHOTTON

FOXTON AND SHOTTON, a township in Sedgefield parish, Durham; near the Clarence railway, 7 miles NW by W of Stockton-on-Tees. Acres, 1, 787. Real property, £746. Pop., 56. Houses, 8. The manor belonged to the Knights of St. John; and passed to the Russells of Brancepeth.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Foxton and Shotton CP/Tn       Sedgefield AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Foxton

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