Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BILLY-QUAY

BILLY-QUAY, a village in Heworth chapelry, Durham; on the river Tyne, 3 ¼. miles E of Gateshead. Here are works of the Arkendale Mining Company, a shipyard, and several manufactories.


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

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: County Durham Ancient County

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