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RAINTON, '''EAST''', a '''township''', in the '''parish and union of Houghton-le-Spring''', N. division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham; formerly called Reynington. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''. <ref> | RAINTON, '''EAST''', a '''township''', in the '''parish and union of Houghton-le-Spring''', N. division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham; formerly called Reynington. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51229#s22 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''],(1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 11 December 2103. </ref> | ||
RAINTON, '''WEST''', a '''township''', in the '''parish and union of Houghton-le-Spring''', N. division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham, 4¼ miles (N. E.) from Durham. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''. <ref> | RAINTON, '''WEST''', a '''township''', in the '''parish and union of Houghton-le-Spring''', N. division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham, 4¼ miles (N. E.) from Durham. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''. <ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51229#s22 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''](1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 11 December 2103. </ref> | ||
RAINTON (West), a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durhamshire. The village stands ¾ of a mile N E of Leamside-Junction r.station, and 4¼ N E by N of Durham; and has a post-office under Fence-Houses. The township comprises 1, 788 acres. Real property, £5, 722; of which £2, 100 are in mines, and £810 in railway s. Pop., 1, 447. Houses, 308. The manor belonged once to a convent at Durham, and belongs now to the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The chapelry is more extensive than the township; and was constituted in 1838, and re-constructed in 1866. Pop., about 3,000. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £310.* Patron, the Bishop of Durham. A new church was built in 1864. There are a '''Wesleyan chapel''' and national schools.<ref>Wilson, John M., [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1916 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''], 1870-72. Adapted. Date accessed: 11 December 2103. </ref> | RAINTON (West), a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durhamshire. The village stands ¾ of a mile N E of Leamside-Junction r.station, and 4¼ N E by N of Durham; and has a post-office under Fence-Houses. The township comprises 1, 788 acres. Real property, £5, 722; of which £2, 100 are in mines, and £810 in railway s. Pop., 1, 447. Houses, 308. The manor belonged once to a convent at Durham, and belongs now to the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The chapelry is more extensive than the township; and was constituted in 1838, and re-constructed in 1866. Pop., about 3,000. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £310.* Patron, the Bishop of Durham. A new church was built in 1864. There are a '''Wesleyan chapel''' and national schools.<ref>Wilson, John M., [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1916 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''], 1870-72. Adapted. Date accessed: 11 December 2103. </ref> | ||