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CASTLE-EDEN, a rivulet, two villages, and a parish in Easington district, Durham. The rivulet traverses a romantic dell, called Castle-Eden dean; and goes eastward to the sea. The villages are Castle-Eden and CastleEden-Colliery; they stand near the Hartlepool and Ferryhill railway, 7½ and 6¾ miles NW by W of Hartlepool; and they have stations on the railway, and post offices under Ferryhill. There is also a post office‡ of CastleEden Station under Ferryhill. The parish comprises 1,935 acres. Real property, £4,942; of which, £1,500 are in mines. Pop., 535. Houses, 110. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged anciently to Gisborne priory and the see of Durham. Castle-Eden Hall, the seat of R. Burdon, Esq., is a handsome modern castellated edifice, surmounting a wooded precipice contiguous to Castle-Eden dean, and commanding brilliant views. Coal is extensively worked, and there are brickworks and a brewery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £242.* Patron, R. Burdon, Esq. The church was built in 1764, and has a fine spire. The vicarage of Wingate-Grange is a separate benefice. There are Wesleyan and P. Methodist chapels.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a rivulet, two villages, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
| Administrative units: | Castle Eden CP/Ch/AP Easington RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Castle Eden |
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