Stanhope, a town in the county of Durham, on the Wear, 26 miles W. of Durham by rail. Its rectory, once known in the north country as the 'golden rectory,' was held by Bishop Butler (1725-40). The famous lead-mines are now much less profitable than of old. Pop. 1840.
Stanhope
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 679
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