Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for URPETH

URPETH, a township in Chester-le-Street parish, Durham; 2½ miles NW of Chester-le-Street. Acres, 1,671. Real property, £6,757; of which £2,595 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 952; in 1861, 1,123. Houses, 200. U. Lodge is a chief residence.


(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: Chester le Street CP/AP/Ch       Urpeth CP/Tn       County Durham AncC
Place: Urpeth

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