Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tanfield, West

Tanfield, West, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Tanfield), North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Ure, 6½ miles NW. of Ripon, 3286 ac., pop. 547; P.O.; Tanfield Church is the burial-place of the Marmions and Fitzhughs.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: West Tanfield Parish       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place names: TANFIELD     |     TANFIELD WEST     |     WEST TANFIELD
Place: West Tanfield

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