In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stella like this:
STELLA, a township in Ryton parish, and a chapelry partly also in Winlaton parish, Durham. The township lies on the river Tyne and on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 1 mile W by N of Blaydon. Acres, 319; of which 48 are water. Pop., 542. Houses, 105. The manor, with S. Hall, belongs to P. E. ...
Townley, Esq. There are fire-brick and gasworks, wharves, a coal staith, and a Roman Catholic chapel.—The chapelry includes Blaydon and Derwenthaugh, and was constituted in 1845. Post town, Blaydon-on-Tyne. Pop., 3,751. Houses, 670. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. See Blaydon.
Stella through time
Stella is now part of Gateshead district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gateshead has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stella itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stella, in Gateshead and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4285
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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