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HARWOOD, a chapelry in Forest and Frith township, Middleton-in-Teesdale parish, Durham; on a brook of its own name, an affluent of the Tees, 3 miles E of the meeting point with Westmoreland and Cumberland, 10 SSE of Alston r. station, and 18 NW by W of Barnard Castle. Post town, Middleton-in-Teesdale, under Darlington. The statistics are returned with the parish. The surface is chiefly moor and mountain; and the rocks contain much lead ore, which is extensively worked. The living is conjoint with that of Forest; and is Annexed to the rectory of Middleton-in-Teesdale, in the diocese of Durham. The church was rebuilt in 1849.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Middleton in Teesdale Parish County Durham Ancient County |
| Place: | Harwood |
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