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Wolsingham Park Moor (ep)

"Park Quarter - This constablery forms the western and north-western portion of the parish, and extends about four-and-a-half miles from Wolsingham. It anciently comprised one of the great hunting parks of the bishops of Durham. All the mines and minerals within this district are held by lease under the Ecclesiastical Commissioners."

[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan , London, 1894]

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