In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Knitsley like this:
KNITSLEY, a hamlet in Conside-cum-Knitsley townShip, Lanchester parish, Durham; on the Lanchester Valley railway, near Watling street, 3 miles WNW of Lanchester. It has a station on the railway.
Knitsley through time
Knitsley is now part of Derwentside district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derwentside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Knitsley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Knitsley, in Derwentside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5277
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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