In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Romaldkirk like this:
ROMALDKIRK, a village, a township, and a parish, in the district of Teesdale and N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Tees at the boundary with Durham, 5 miles N W of Barnard-Castle r. station; is a polling-place; and has a post-office‡ under Darlington, and fairs on the first Thursday of April and Oct. ...
The township comprises 1, 470 acres. Real property, £1, 675. Pop., 327. Houses, 71. The parish contains also the townships of Cotherston, Hunderthwaite, Mickleton, Lunedale, Holwick, and Lartington; and extends to the boundary with Westmoreland. Acres, 53, 776. Pop. in 1851, 2, 599; in 1861, 2, 714. Houses, 524. The manor belongs to the rector. Much of the land is moor and mountain. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £750.* Patron, J. Bowes, Esq. The church is early English and cruciform; has a pinnacled tower; and contains a fine piscina and a monument of1320 to Sir H. Fitzhugh. The p. curacy of Laithkirk is a separate benefice. There are an Independent chapel, a national school with £20 a year from endowment, alms-houses for six persons, and other charities £27.
Romaldkirk through time
Romaldkirk is now part of Teesdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Teesdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Romaldkirk itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Romaldkirk, in Teesdale and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14137
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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