Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SOFTLEY

SOFTLEY, a hamlet in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; 7½ miles WSW of Bishop-Auckland.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Auckland St Andrew CP/AP       County Durham AncC
Place: Softley

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