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GREENCROFT, a township in Lanchester parish, Durham; 1 mile N of Lanchester. Acres, 3, 050. Real property, £2, 908; of which £400 are in mines. Pop., 717. Houses, 151. Greencroft Park is the seat of Sir W. A. Clavering, Bart.; and was the place where Lady Catherine Graye, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland, was arrested in 1598. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Greencroft Parish Lanchester Parish County Durham Ancient County |
| Place: | Greencroft |
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