In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Auckland St Helen like this:
AUCKLAND (St. Helen), a township-chapelry in the parish of St. Andrew-Auckland, Durham; on the river Gannless and on the Haggerleases branch railway, 2½ miles SW of Bishop-Auckland. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is West Auckland under Darlington. Acres, 1,480. Real property, £7,570,-of which £5,102 are in mines. Pop., 842. Houses, 167. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £220. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is tolerable.
Auckland St Helen through time
Auckland St Helen 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 Auckland St Helen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Auckland St Helen, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4164
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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