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COTHERSTON, a township in Romaldkirk parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees and the Tees . Valley branch railway, 3¾ miles NW of Barnard-Castle. It contains five hamlets, and has a post office under Darlington and a railway station. Acres, 8, 2 28. Real property, £4, 120. Pop., 561. Houses, 128. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists; and ruins of an old castle, which belonged to the Fitz-Hughses.
(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: | Romaldkirk CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Cotherstone |
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