Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MIDDLESTONE

MIDDLESTONE, a township in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; 3¼ miles ENE of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 879. Real property, £2,859; of which £1,600 are in mines, and £28 in quarries. Pop., 497. Houses, 95. Coal is worked by the Black Boy Coal company.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Auckland St Andrew Parish       Middlestone Parish       County Durham Ancient County
Place: Middlestone

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