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A vision of Britain through time
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MONK-HESLETON, a village, a township, and a parish, in Easington district, Durham. The village stands on the side of a deep wooded valley, 1½ mile from the sea, 2½ E by N of Castle-Eden r. station, and 5¼ NW of Hartlepool. The township comprises 2,453 acres of land, and 484 of water. Real property, £2,729; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,1,495; in 1861, 1,533. Houses, 303. -The parish contains also the township of Hutton-Henry, and that of Sheraton-with-Hulam. Post town, Castle-Eden, under Ferry-Hill. Acres, 7,180. Real property, £6,104; of which £194 are in railways. Pop. in 1851,2,709; in 1861,2,077. Houses, 421. The decrease of pop. was chiefly in Hutton-Henry, and arose from cessation of work at a coal mine. Part of the property belongs to R. Burdon, Esq. of Castle-Eden. Hardwicke Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £323.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is ancient but good, and has a bellturret. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Monk Hesleden AP/CP Easington RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Monk Hesleden |
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