In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hedworth like this:
HEDWORTH, MONKTON, AND JARROW, a township in Jarrow parish, Durham; extending from Hedworth on the Newcastle and Sunderland railway, north by eastward, to Jarrow on the Tyne. Hedworth itself is 3¼ miles SSW of South Shields. Acres of the township, 2, 826; of which 476 are water. Real property of Hedworth alone, £2, 972; of Monkton and Jarrow, £22, 012; of which £1, 500 are in mines and £4, 000 in quarries. ...
Pop. of the township, in 1851, 3, 835; in 1861, 6, 494. Houses, 909. The increase of pop. was caused by the extension of the iron ship building trade. See Jarrow.
Hedworth through time
Hedworth is now part of South Tyneside district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Tyneside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hedworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hedworth, in South Tyneside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21457
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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