Name | Egglestone Abbey |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 54.531°N 1.907°W |
Located in | North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
See also | Startforth, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | parish in which it was a township | | Gilling West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which it was located | | Startforth Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district in which it was a civil parish 1894-1974 | | Teesdale District, Durham, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Egglestone Abbey from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "EGGLESTONE-ABBEY, or Athelstan-Abbey, a township in Startforth parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; on the verge of the county, at the river Tees, 1½ mile SE of Barnard-Castle. Acres: 900. Population: 59. Houses: 16."
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