A vision of Britain through time
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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.
STELLA, a township in Ryton parish, and a chapelry partly also in Winlaton parish, Durham. The township lies on the river Tyne and on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 1 mile W by N of Blaydon. Acres, 319; of which 48 are water. Pop., 542. Houses, 105. The manor, with S. Hall, belongs to P. E. Townley, Esq. There are fire-brick and gasworks, wharves, a coal staith, and a Roman Catholic chapel.—The chapelry includes Blaydon and Derwenthaugh, and was constituted in 1845. Post town, Blaydon-on-Tyne. Pop., 3,751. Houses, 670. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. See Blaydon.
(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: | Winlaton Tn/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Stella |
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