Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lynesack

Lynesack, township and eccl. dist., Hamsterley par., Durham, 7 miles NE. of Barnard Castle - dist., pop. 2415; township (Lynesack and Softly), 6375 ac., pop. 2347; has extensive coal mines.


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

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Feature Description: "township and ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hamsterley Parish       County Durham Ancient County

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