Place:


Chilton  County Durham

 

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

CHILTON, a township in Merrington parish, Durham; adjacent to the Weardale railway, 6½ miles E of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 2, 339. Pop., 1, 456. Houses, 276.

Chilton through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6135

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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