WARDEN-LAW, a township in the parish of
HOUGHTON-le-SPRING, northern division of EASINGTON
ward; county palatine of DURHAM, 8 miles (N. E.) from
Durham, containing 14 inhabitants. It comprises a
lofty eminence, crossed by a railway, having a steamengine
on its summit, for drawing up and letting down
coal-wagons employed in conveying coal from the
Heaton pits.