Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Seaton Delaval

Seaton Delaval, township and vil. with ry. sta., Earsdon par., Northumberland, 3 miles SW. of Blyth, 2653 ac. and 145 foreshore, pop. 3801; P.O.; has collieries and mfrs. of chemicals. The fine old mansion-house of Seaton Delaval, property of Lord Hastings, was destroyed by fire in 1822. A chapel (11th century) is within the grounds.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Seaton Delaval

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