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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
WASHINGTON, a '''parish''', in the union of Chesterle-Street, E. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the chapelry of Usworth, the township of Barmston, and part of North Bidick. The family of Washington, the American general, is said to have come from this place.<ref> | WASHINGTON, a '''parish''', in the union of Chesterle-Street, E. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the chapelry of Usworth, the township of Barmston, and part of North Bidick. The family of Washington, the American general, is said to have come from this place.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51380#s11 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 10 December 2013.</ref> | ||
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