Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILHOPE-LAW

KILHOPE-LAW, a mountain on the mutual border of Durham and Northumberland; immediately E of their meeting point with Cumberland at Kilhope-Cross. It has an altitude of 2, 196 feet. The river Wear rises on its SW side.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mountain"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: County Durham Ancient County       Northumberland Ancient County
Place: Kilhope Law

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