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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BILLINGHAM, a township and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The township lies on the Billingham river, and on the Clarence and Hartlepool railway, 3 miles NNE of Stockton-on-Tees; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Stockton-on-Tees. Acres, 3,139; of which 369 are water. Real property, £4,968. Pop., 931. Houses, 187. The parish includes also the townships of Cowpen-Bewley, Newton-Bewley, and Wolviston. Acres, 11,691; of which 2,323 are water. Real property, £13,525. Pop., 2,166. Houses, 426. The property is divided among a few. Billingham Grange is a chief residence. Coal is worked. A great battle was fought in the parish, in 900, by Eardulph, king of Northumbria. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £240.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is late Saxon and transitional Norman, has a tower 144 feet high, and contains a chancel-screen and three brasses. Church-land yields £52 a year; and other charities £38. The rectory of Wolviston and the vicarage of HavertonHill are separate charges. There are a Wesleyan chapel and national schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Billingham CP/AP Stockton RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Billingham |
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