In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burdon like this:
BURDON, a township in Bishop-Wearmouth parish, Durham; near the Durham and Sunderland railway, 4 miles S by W of Sunderland. Acres, 1,000. Real property, £1,448. Pop., 95. Houses, 18.
Burdon through time
Burdon is now part of Sunderland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sunderland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burdon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burdon, in Sunderland and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2746
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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