Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tanfield

Tanfield, township, Chester le Street par., and eccl. dist., partly also in Lanchester par., Durham, 7 miles SW. of Gateshead - dist., pop. 2970; township, 6887 ac., pop. 10,282; P.O.; has coal and iron mines.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chester le Street CP/AP/Ch       Tanfield CP/Ch       County Durham AncC
Place: Tanfield

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