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GRINDON, a township and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The township lies near the Clarence railway, ½ a mile NNE of Carlton r. station, and 4 NNW of Stockton-on-Tees. Acres, 3, 446. Pop., 303. house, 65. The parish contains also the township of Whitton, and comprIses 4, 187 acres. Post town, Thorpe, under Stockton. Rated property, £2, 948. Pop., 343. house, 75. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the late Marchioness of Londonderry. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £250.* Patron, Earl Vane. The church and parsonage was recently rebuilt.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Grindon Parish Stockton Poor Law Union/Registration District County Durham Ancient County |
| Place: | Grindon |
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