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BENFIELDSIDE, a township, in the '''chapelry''' of Medomsley, '''parish''' and union of Lanchester, W. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, One of the first meeting-houses for the Society of Friends in the north of England was established in the township; there are also places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.—See Shotley-Bridge. Benfieldside St. Cuthbert was created in 1847 from St. Ebba [[Ebchester, Durham]]; [[Medomsley, Durham]] St. Mary Magdalene. | BENFIELDSIDE, a township, in the '''chapelry''' of Medomsley, '''parish''' and union of Lanchester, W. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, One of the first meeting-houses for the Society of Friends in the north of England was established in the township; there are also places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.—See Shotley-Bridge. Benfieldside St. Cuthbert was created in 1847 from St. Ebba [[Ebchester, Durham]]; [[Medomsley, Durham]] St. Mary Magdalene. | ||
<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50792 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 207-210. Date accessed: 10 July 2013.</ref> | |||
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