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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WHITBURN, a village and a parish in South Shields district, Durham. The village stands on a rising-ground, ¼ mile from the shore, 2¾ E of Cleadon-Lane r. station, and 3¼ N of Sunderland; is frequented in summer for sea-air and bathing; carries on considerable fishing; and has a post-office under Sunderland. The parish contains also Cleadon village; and comprises 4,200 acres of land, and 394 of water. Real property, £9,943; of which £250 are in quarries. Pop., 1,215. Houses, 225. W. Hall, the seat of Sir H. Williamson, Bart., is the chief residence. Several Roman coins have been found The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £1,113.* Patron, the Bishop of D. The church was restored and enlarged in 1868; and a chapel of ease was built at Cleadon in the same year. There are two Wesleyan chapels, national schools, and an apprenticing charity £61.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whitburn CP/AP South Shields RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Whitburn |
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