Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FISHBURN

FISHBURN, a township in Sedgefield parish, Durhamshire; 9¼ miles SSE of Durham. Acres, 2, 082. Real property, £1, 966. Pop., 255. Houses, 55. It has a Wesleyan chapel, and is a meet for the Durham hounds.


(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: Fishburn Tn/CP       Sedgefield AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Fishburn

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