Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Holmside

Holmside, eccl. dist. and vil., Chester le Street and Lanchester pars., N. Durham--dist., pop. 2754; vil., 6½ miles NW. of Durham; has large coal mines.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Holmside

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