In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Derwentside like this:
DERWENT (The), a river of Northumberland and Durham. It rises near Allenhead; runs about 22 miles east-north-eastward, through a hilly country, chiefly on the boundary between Northumberland and Durham; then goes 7½ miles north-eastward, across the north-western part of Durham, to the Tyne at Derwent-haugh.
Derwentside through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Derwentside in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17342
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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