A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
AUCKLAND, a district in Durham. It comprehends the subdistrict of Bishop-Auckland, containing the parish of Whitworth, the parochial chapelry of Escomb, and parts of the parishes of St. Andrew-Auckland, Merrington, and Brancepeth; and the subdistrict of Hamsterley, containing the parochial chapelry of Witton-le-Wear, and parts of the parishes of St. Andrew-Auckland, Brancepeth, and Gainford. Poor. rates in 1866, £16,479. Pop. in 1841, 21,988; in 1861, 50,491. Houses, 9,653. Marriages in 1866, 542; births, 2,809,-of which 146 were illegitimate; deaths, 1,366,-of which 727 were at ages under 5 years, and 15 at ages above 85 years. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 3,792; births, 17,932; deaths, 9,447. The places of worship in 1851 were 16 of the Church of England, with 4,734 sittings; 1 of Independents, with 200 s.; 2 of Baptists, with 400 s.; 2 of Quakers, with 350 s.; 18 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 2,852 s.; 19 of Primitive Methodists, with 2,823 s.; 2 of the Wesleyan Methodist Association, with 420 s.; and 1 of Roman Catholics, with 240 s. The schools were 34 public day schools, with 2,536 scholars; 33 private day schools, with 1,189 s.; 43 Sunday schools, with 3,122 s.; and 2 evening schools for adults, with 30 s. The workhouse is in Bishop-Auckland.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Auckland RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Bishop Auckland |
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