In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Witton Junction like this:
WITTON-JUNCTION, a r. station, with telegraph, in Durham; on the Northeastern system, at the forking of the lines toward respectively Stanhope and Rowley, 3½ miles WNW of Bishop-Auckland.
The location is where the name "Witton Junction" appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 map of Durham of 1861, accessible on the old-maps.co.uk web site. Additional information about this locality is available for Witton le Wear
Witton Junction through time
Witton Junction 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 Witton Junction itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Witton Junction, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25879
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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