SHINCLIFFE, a chapelry in that part of the
parish of ST-OSWALD-DURHAM, which is in the
southern division of EASINGTON ward, county palatine
of DURHAM, 1 mile (S. E.) from Durham, containing
367 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, and in the
patronage of the Vicar of St. Oswald. The chapel was
built and endowed, in 1826, by the Dean and Chapter
of Durham.