Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRESTON-LE-SKERNE

PRESTON-LE-SKERNE, a township in Aycliffe parish, Durham; on the river Skerne, and on the Stockton and Bishop-Auckland railway, adjacent to its intersection of the North eastern railway, 6¼ miles N N E of Darlington. Acres, 2, 610. Real property, £1, 811. Pop., 146. Houses, 25.


(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: Aycliffe AP       Preston le Skerne CP/Tn       County Durham AncC
Place: Preston le Skerne

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