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HELMINGTON-ROW, a township in Brancepeth parish, Durham; on the river Wear and the Weardale railway, 4 miles N of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 1, 244. Real property, £14, 158; of which £10, 158 are in mines, £78 in quarries, and £135 in railways. Pop. in 1851, 1, 182; in 1861, 3, 469. Houses, 655. Coal mining is largely carried on, and has been much extended. The township is a meet for the Cleveland hounds.
(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: | Brancepeth CP/AP Helmington Row CP/Tn County Durham AncC |
Place: | Helmington Row |
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