Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELTON

ELTON, a parish in Stockton district, Durham; near the Stockton and Darlington railway, 2½ miles WSW of Stockton-on-Tees. Post town, Stockton-on-Tees. Acres, 1, 419. Real property, £1, 162. Pop., 108. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. Elton Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £170. Patrons, T. Wade, T. J. Hogg, and J. Hogg, Esqs. The church is modern.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Elton Parish       Stockton Poor Law Union/Registration District       County Durham Ancient County
Place: Elton

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