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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Aberdeen	Aberdeenshire	Stockton, Hull, and London, northwards with Wick, Thurso, Orkney, Shetland, the Hebrides, and Liverpool. The city proper stands on four eminences-Castle Hill (80 feet), School Hill (65), Woolman Hill (58), and Port Hill (100), and the highest points within the parliamentary burgh are Cairncry (446 feet), Woodhill (340), and Stocket Hill (320). Naturally bleak and tame, its environs have little of the picturesqueness that distinguishes those of Inverness, Perth, Stirling, and Edinburgh: but they contain a few good features which have been highly improved by art. The approach by sea lies along a bleak, sandy coast, with low rocks	Groome
  CLARENCE (Port)	County Durham	mouth of the Tees, and at the south-eastern terminus of Clarence and Hartlepool railway system, 4 miles ENE of Stockton.	Imperial
  DARLINGTON	County Durham	Stockton-on-Tees, westward with the W of England, and north-westward with Bishop-Auckland. It dates from remote times; figures in the history of St. Cuthbert; and had long a residence of the Bishops of Durham, which was built about 1162, and in which the Princess Margaret lodged, in 1504, on her way to Scotland. It consists mainly of streets branching from a spacious central square; has recently undergone much improvement; and now includes a new town N of the old. A covered market, on a fine plan, was erected in 1864. A drinking fountain, in granite and bronze	Imperial
  Durham	County Durham	South Shields (1 member each), and Sunderland (2 members), the greater part of the parl. and mun. bor. of Stockton	Bartholomew
  DURHAM	County Durham	South Hetton, Haswell, Herrington, Newbottle, South Hylton, Thornley, Shadforth, New Seaham, Trimdon, Ford, Hendon, Ryhope, Deptford-St. Andrew, and Deptford-St. Thomas. The deanery of Stockton	Imperial
  DURHAM, or Durhamshire	County Durham	Stockton for civil administration. A detached tract formerly belonging to it, near Easingwold, is now included in Yorkshire; another detached tract formerly belonging to it, around Bedlington, is now included in Northumberland; and a large detached tract formerly belonging to it, near Berwick, and divided into Norhamshire, Islandshire, and Holy Island, or Fern Islands, is also now included in Northumberland. The registration county is considerably more extensive than the political or electoral county; comprises 754, 183 acres; and is divided into the districts of Darlington, Stockton, Auckland, Teesdale, Weardale, Durham, Easington, Houghton-le-Spring, Chester-le-Street, Sunderland, South	Imperial
  HARTLEPOOL	County Durham	South-South-eastward in the direction of Stockton; and both have ramifications and connexions which give communication with all important	Imperial
  HEREFORD	Herefordshire	HEREFORD , a city, a sub-district, and a district in Herefordshire; and a diocese partly also in Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Salop	Imperial
  LICHFIELD	Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Shropshire Staffordshire	LICHFIELD , a city, four parishes, a sub-district, and a district in Staffordshire, and a diocese partly also in Derbyshire	Imperial
  NORTHALLERTON	Yorkshire	Stockton district. Acres, 13, 630. Real property, £23,005. Pop. in 1851, 5, 238; in 1861, 4, 980. Houses, 1, 104. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Deighton, in the diocese of York. Value, £697.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The p. curacies of Brompton and High Worsall are separate benefices. The sub-district excludes Deighton and High Worsall chapelries; and includes the parishes of Kirby-Sigston, Ainderby-Steeple, Danby-Wiske, and Great Langton, five townships and a chapelry of Leake, three townships of Osmotherley, the township of Over-Silton, two townships	Imperial
  South Stockton	County Durham	South Stockton , town with ry. sta., partly in Stockton on Tees par., Durham, but chiefly in Stainton par., North-Riding	Bartholomew
  Stainton	Yorkshire	South Stockton, in Stockton parl. borough), 7791 ac., pop. 11,480; township, 2306 ac., pop. 337; vil., 4½ miles	Bartholomew
  STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY	County Durham Lancashire Westmorland	STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY , a railway system in Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Westmoreland. It was originally a tram-road from Stockton-tees-Tees to Witton-Park colliery, with several branches, opened for coal traffic in 1825; but it now includes, by amalgamation or otherwise, the Middlesborough and Redcar, the Wear Valley, the Middlesborough and Guisbrough, the Darlington and Barnard Castle, the Eden Valley, the South	Imperial
  Stockton, (or Stockton on Tees)	County Durham	Stockton .-- (or Stockton on Tees ), parl. and mun. bor., manufacturing town, river port, par., and township, Durham, on river Tees, 4 miles from its mouth, 4 miles SW. of Middlesbrough and 236 from London by rail - par., 5343 ac. (168 water), pop. 42,242; township, 3162 ac. (150 water), pop. 41,719; parl. bor. (including South	Bartholomew
  Stockton, South	County Durham	Stockton, South , town with ry. sta., partly in Stockton on Tees par., Durham, but chiefly in Stainton par., North-Riding	Bartholomew
  STOCKTON (South)	Yorkshire	STOCKTON (South) , a village in Thornaby township, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, opposite Stockton. It has a post	Imperial
  TEES (The)	County Durham Cumberland Westmorland	south-eastward and east-ward, along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire, to the sea between Snook point and Turn point. It expands into estuary, with a mean breadth of about 3 miles, over the last 4¾ miles of its course; it is navigable for small seaborne vessels, 4½ miles higher up to Stockton	Imperial
  Thornaby	Yorkshire	parl. bor. of Stockton, 1695 ac., pop. 10,795; P.O., T.O., at South Stockton ; the township is called Thornaby with South Stockton.	Bartholomew
  THORNABY	Yorkshire	Stockton. It contains South Stockton, which has a post-office under Stockton-upon-Tees. Acres, 1,230. Real property, £7,239. Pop. in 1851, 1,759; in 1861, 3,126. Houses	Imperial

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