In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fence Houses like this:
FENCE-HOUSES, a place in the county of Durham, on the York and Newcastle railway, 7¼ miles NNE of Durham. It has a station, with telegraph, on the railway, and a head post office. ‡
Additional information about this locality is available for Morton Grange
Fence Houses through time
Fence Houses is now part of Sunderland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sunderland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fence Houses itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fence Houses, in Sunderland and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25837
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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