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FROSTERLEY, a township-chapelry in Stanhope parish, Durham; on the river Wear, and on the Weardale railway, 3¼ miles W of Wolsingham. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office under Darlington. Real property, £2, 716; of which £938 are in quarries, and £200 in mines. Pop., 486. Houses, 107. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church was built in 1869. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stanhope Parish County Durham Ancient County |
| Place: | Frosterley |
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