In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described New Seaham like this:
SEAHAM (New), a chapelry in Seaham parish, Durham; containing Seaham-Colliery village and r. station, 5 miles S of Sunderland. It was constituted in 1861; and it has a post-office under Sunderland. Pop., 2, 489. Houses, 480. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £385.* Patron, Earl Vane. The church was built in 1861.
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New Seaham through time
New Seaham is now part of Easington district. Click here for graphs and data of how Easington has changed over two centuries. For statistics about New Seaham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of New Seaham, in Easington and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25867
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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