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AUCKLAND (St. Helen), a township-chapelry in the parish of St. Andrew-Auckland, Durham; on the river Gannless and on the Haggerleases branch railway, 2½ miles SW of Bishop-Auckland. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is West Auckland under Darlington. Acres, 1,480. Real property, £7,570,-of which £5,102 are in mines. Pop., 842. Houses, 167. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £220. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is tolerable.
(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: | County Durham Ancient County |
| Place names: | AUCKLAND | AUCKLAND ST HELEN | ST HELEN AUCKLAND |
| Place: | Auckland St Helen |
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