A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MURTON, or Moortown, a township in Tynemouth parish, Northumberland; 2 miles N W of North Shields. It contains the village of Philadelphia. Acres, 443. Pop., 543. Houses, 107. Coal is largely worked, and freestone is quarried. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Murton CP/Tn Tynemouth AP/CP Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | MOORTOWN | MURTON | MURTON OR MOORTOWN |
| Place: | Murton |
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