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Wear Valley  County Durham

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wear Valley like this:

WEARDALE, a district in the W of Durham; containing Stanhope, Edmondbyers, Hunstonworth, and Wolsingham parishes, and divided into three sub-districts. Acres, 90,533. Poor rates in 1863, £4,725. Pop. in 1851, 14,567; in 1861, 16,418. Houses, 3,205. Marriages in 1863, 134; births, 674,-of which 58 were illegitimate; deaths, 328,-of which 122 were at ages under 5 years, and 5 at ages above 85. ...


Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 1,286; births, 6,097; deaths, 3,235. The places of worship, in 1851, were 10 of the Church of England, with 2,720 sittings; 1 of Baptists, with 199 s.; 12 of Wesleyans, with 3,185 s.; 13 of Primitive Methodists, with 2,525 s.; and 1 of Roman Catholics, with 159 s. The schools were 13 public day-schools, with 1,056 scholars; 16 private day-schools, with 611 s.; and 33 Sunday schools, with 2,498 s. The workhouse is in Stanhope.

Wear Valley through time

Click here for graphs and data of how Wear Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics for historical units named after Wear Valley go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wear Valley in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17187

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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