Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LAITH-KIRK

LAITH-KIRK, a chapelry in Romald-Kirk parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, at the boundary with Durham, 1 mile SE of Middleton-in-Teesdale, and 9 NW of Barnard-Castle r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and its post-town is Middleton-in-Teesdale, under Darlington. Pop., 1,330. Houses, 229. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £103. * Patron, the Rector of Romald-Kirk.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Laithkirk EP       Romaldkirk CP/AP       North Riding Riding       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Laithkirk

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