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Hurworth  County Durham

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hurworth like this:

HURWORTH, a village, a township, and a parish in Darlington district, Durham. The village stands on the brow f a hill, overlooking the Tees, at the boundary with Yorkshire, 1 mile ENE of Croft r. station, and 3¾ SSE of Darlington; consists chiefly of one spacious wellbuilt street; commands a fine view of the valley of the Tees; and has a post office under Darlington. ...


- The township comprises 2, 355 acres. Rea property, £5, 958. Pop., 1, 192. Houses, 28 4.—The parish contains also the township of Neasham, and comprises 3, 930 acres. Real property, £8, 099. Pop., 1, 525. Houses, 361. The property is much subdivided. The linen manufacture is carried on. A Benedictine nunnery was at Neasham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £574. * Patron, the Rev. R. H. Williamson. The church was repaired in 1832, at a cost of £1, 800; has a stained glass window and a tower; and contains two military effigies, and a monument to the mathematician W. Emerson, who was a native, and was buried in the churchyard. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a turreted national school, and charities £38.

Hurworth through time

Hurworth is now part of Darlington district. Click here for graphs and data of how Darlington has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hurworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hurworth, in Darlington and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2678

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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