In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westerton like this:
WESTERTON, a township in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; 2½ miles E by N of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 697. Real property, £1,485; of which £400 are in mines, and £260 in quarries. Pop., 196. Houses, 43.
Westerton through time
Westerton is now part of Wear Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wear Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Westerton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westerton, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4296
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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