Description
Urpeth, a township in Chester-le-Street parish, Durham, 2 3/4 miles NW of Chester-le-Street, and 2 from Birtley station on the N.E.R. Post town, Chester-le-Street; money order and telegraph office, Birtley. Acreage, 1861; population, 2172. Urpeth Lodge is a chief residence.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
