Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FENCE-HOUSES

FENCE-HOUSES, a place in the county of Durham, on the York and Newcastle railway, 7¼ miles NNE of Durham. It has a station, with telegraph, on the railway, and a head post office. ‡


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Fence Houses

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