In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Espershields like this:
ESPERSHIELDS, a township in Bywell-St. Peter parish, Northumberland; on the river Derwent, contiguous to Durham, 8 miles S by E of Corbridge. It includes a place called Millshield. Acres, 3, 389. Pop., 182. Houses, 31.
Espershields through time
Espershields is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Espershields itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Espershields, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9121
Date accessed: 21st March 2025
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