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Belford (LOCALITY), NSW Details
Description
It is about 3 km WSW of Belford Dome and about 5 km N of Thistle Hill. Situated within 5 km of the Hunter River on the Jump-up Creek. Boundaries within the Singleton Council area shown on map GNB3803.
Origin
Originally known as Jump Up Creek Surveyor Rogers laid out the deisgn for a new township in April 1854 to be known as Belford after the town in Bedfordshire England. (How & Why os Station Names2nd Edition 1982).
Belford (LOCALITY), NSW
title | Belford (LOCALITY) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 3690 |
placename | Belford |
designation | LOCALITY |
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lga | SINGLETON |
description | It is about 3 km WSW of Belford Dome and about 5 km N of Thistle Hill. Situated within 5 km of the Hunter River on the Jump-up Creek. Boundaries within the Singleton Council area shown on map GNB3803. |
meaning | |
origin | Originally known as Jump Up Creek Surveyor Rogers laid out the deisgn for a new township in April 1854 to be known as Belford after the town in Bedfordshire England. (How & Why os Station Names2nd Edition 1982). |
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