Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRAFFERTON

BRAFFERTON, a township in Great Aycliffe parish, Durham; on the river Skerne, and on the Northeastern railway, 4½ miles N of Darlington. Acres, 2,409. Real property, £2,158. Pop., 254. Houses, 44. There is a Methodist chapel.


(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: Great Aycliffe CP/Tn       County Durham AncC
Place: Brafferton

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