Lanchester, Durham Poor Law Union
History
The poor-law union of Lanchester comprises 18 chapelries or townships, and contains a population of 9969 persons.[1]
Benefieldside, Billingside, Collierly Pontop, Conside and Knitsley, Cornsay, Esk, Ebchester, Greencroft, Healeyfield, Hedleyhope, Iveston, Kyo Laws, Lanchester, Langley, Medomsley, Muggleswick, Satley, Tanfield. To these were added subsequently in 1894-6 Craghead, Knitsley, South Moor, Oxhill, Stanley.
Parishes in the Union
Benfieldside, Durham Collierley, Durham Ebchester, Durham Esh, Durham Lanchester, Durham Medomsley, Durham Muggleswick, Durham Satley, Durham Tanfield, Durham
- ↑ In 'Lancaut - Lanercost-Abbey', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 17-20. British History Online, accessed 26 March 2011.