Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELWICK HALL

ELWICK HALL, a parish in Hartlepool district, Durham; adjacent to Elwick township, and near Beacon Hill, 4 miles W of Hartlepool town and r. station. Post town, Elwick, under Ferryhill. Acres, 4, 321. Real property, £2, 870. Pop., 206. Houses, 35. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £542.* Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is mainly transition Norman; contains an octagonal font, and a sculpture of the Crucifixion; and is very good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Elwick Hall CP/AP       Hartlepool RegD/PLU       County Durham AncC
Place: Elwick

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