Eppleton, Durham
Historical Description
Eppleton, Great and Little, two townships and an ecclesiastical parish in Durham. Great Eppleton is 8 miles NE from Durham, and 1 mile from Murton station on the N.E.E. Post town, Fence House; money order and telegraph office, Hetton-le-Hole. Acreage, 707; population, 78. Little Eppleton I1- mile SW from Great Eppleton. Acreage, 337: population, 31; of the ecclesiastical parish, 4797. There is a colliery in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £300 with residence, in the gift of the Crown and Bishop of Durham alternately.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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