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BEAMISH, a township in Tanfield chapelry, Chester-le-Street parish, Durham; on the river Urpeth, near Stanhope railway, 6 miles SW of Gateshead. Acres, 4,120. Real property, £6,757; of which £2,900 are in coal mines. Pop., 2,074.
(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: | Chester le Street Parish County Durham Ancient County |
| Place: | Beamish |
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