Place:


Whessoe  County Durham

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whessoe like this:

WHESSOE, a township in Haughton-le-Skerne parish, Durham; 2½ miles NW by W of Darlington. Acres, 1,412. Real property, £1,503. Pop., 153. Houses, 26.

Whessoe through time

Whessoe is now part of Darlington district. Click here for graphs and data of how Darlington has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whessoe itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whessoe, in Darlington and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5564

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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