Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OUSTON

OUSTON, a township in Chester-le-Street parish, Durham; 1¼ mile S E of the river Team, and 2½ N W of Chester-le-Street. Acres, 636. Pop., 320. Houses, 54. There are a large colliery and a Wesleyan chapel.


(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: Chester le Street CP/AP/Ch       Ouston CP/Tn       County Durham AncC
Place: Ouston

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