In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Billingside like this:
BILLINGSIDE, a township in Lanchester parish, Durham; on a branch of the Tyne and Stanhope railway, 12 miles SW of Gateshead. Acres, 288. Pop., 10. Houses, 2.
Billingside through time
Billingside is now part of Derwentside district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derwentside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Billingside itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Billingside, in Derwentside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22444
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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