Penshaw (or Painshaw) | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Penshaw (or Painshaw)

Penshaw (or Painshaw), township and eccl. dist. with ry. sta., Hough ton le Spring par., Durham - township, 1085 ac., pop. 2605; dist., pop. 2892; P.O. at New Penshaw; the sta. is 8 miles NE. of Durham.

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

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"township and ecclesiastical district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units:	Penshaw Parish County Durham Ancient County
Place names:	PAINSHAW \| PENSHAW \| PENSHAW OR PAINSHAW
Place:	Penshaw

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