In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Witton le Wear like this:
WITTON-LE-WEAR., a parish, with a village, in Auckland district, Durham; on the river Wear, and on the Bishop-Auckland and Stanhope railway, 4½ miles WNW of Bishop-Auckland . It has a post-office under Darlington, a r. station, and a bridge. Acres, 2,955. Real property, £18,017; of which £13,033 are in mines, £1,586 in ironworks, and £15 in quarries. ...
Pop. in 1851, 918; in 1861, 1,366. Houses, 270. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Durham. W. Castle is the seat of H. Chaytor, Esq.; and includes portions of an old castle of the Eures, built in 1410, and eventually destroyed by fire. W. Park is a hamlet, with extensive ironworks; and has a post-office‡ under Darlington. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, alternately H. Chaytor, Esq., and the Crown. The church is tolerable. There are two Methodist chapels and several schools.
Witton le Wear through time
Witton le Wear 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 Witton le Wear itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Witton le Wear, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4892
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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