Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Weardale St John

Weardale St John, eccl. dist. and vil., Stanhope par., Durham - dist., pop. 1502; vil., on river Wear, 7 miles W. of Stanhope; P.O., T.O., called St John's Chapel; has lead mines; the dist. of Weardale contains Stanhope, Edmondbyers, Hunstonworth, and Wolsingham pars.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stanhope Parish       County Durham Ancient County
Place names: ST JOHNS CHAPEL     |     WEARDALE ST JOHN
Place: Weardale St John

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