In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Murton like this:
MORTON (EAST), or EAST MURTON, a township in Dalton-le-Dale parish, Durhamshire; on the Hartlepool and Sunderland railway, 8 miles ENE of Durham. Acres, 1,466. Real property, £3,615; of which £600 are in the railway. Pop. in 1851,1,387; in 1861,2,104. Houses, 379. Most of the property belongs to Shipperdson of Piddinghall. Coal is worked and coked. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.
East Murton through time
East Murton is now part of Easington district. Click here for graphs and data of how Easington has changed over two centuries. For statistics about East Murton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Murton, in Easington and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2410
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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