Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Eldon

Eldon, township, Auckland St Andrew par., S. Durham, 3½ miles SE. of Bishop Auckland, 1421 ac., pop. 1389; gives title of earl to branch of Scott family.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Auckland St Andrew CP/AP       County Durham AncC
Place: Eldon

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