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KENTON, a township in Gosforth parish, Northumberland; on the Northeastern railway, 3 miles NNE of Newcastle-on-Tyne. It contains the hamlets of BankTop and Blacklaw; and has a post office under Newcastle, and an endowed national school. Acres, 1, 436. Pop., 658. Houses, 157. Coal and building stone were formerly worked.
(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: | Gosforth CP Northumberland AncC |
Place: | Kenton |
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