Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bowes

Bowes, par. and township with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Barnard Castle -- par., 19,430 ac., .pop 780; township, 16,958 ac., pop. 672; P.O.; contains Roman remains, and ruins of old Norman castle.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bowes Ch/AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bowes

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