Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Murton, East

Murton, East, township (ry. sta. Murton), Dalton le Dale par., Durham, 6 miles S. of Sunderland and 8 miles NE. of Durham, 1495 ac., pop. 4710; P.O., T.O., at Murton Colliery.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dalton le Dale AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place names: EAST MURTON     |     MURTON     |     MURTON EAST
Place: East Murton

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