In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Forest Quarter like this:
FOREST-QUARTER, a township in Stanhope parish, Durham; 7 miles NW of Stanhope. It includes the chapelry of Weardale, and several hamlets. Acres, 20, 000. Pop., 4, 600. Houses, 895. There are a church, two Methodist chapels, and two national schools.
The location is the approximate centre of where the name "Forest Quarter" appears, in large letters, on the Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 map of Durham of 1861, accessible on the old-maps.co.uk site. Additional information about this locality is available for Stanhope
Forest Quarter through time
Forest Quarter is now part of Wear Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wear Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Forest Quarter itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Forest Quarter, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25839
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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