Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CASTLESIDE

CASTLESIDE, a chapelry in Lanchester parish, Durham; 3 miles SSW of Shotley-Bridge. It was constituted in 1864; and it has a post office under Gateshead. Pop., 1,176. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lanchester AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Castleside

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