In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ebchester like this:
EBCHESTER, a township and a chapelry in Lanchester parish, Durham. The township lies on Watling-street, the Consett railway, and the river Derwent, at the boundary with Northumberland, 11½ miles SW by W of Gateshead; and has a post office under Gateshead and a railway station. Acres, 550. ...
Real property, £4, 458; of which £2, 530 are in mines, and £26 in quarries. Pop., 697. Houses, 109. The property is sub-divided. A monastery was founded here before 660, by Ebba, afterwards abbess of Coldingham, and was destroyed by the Danes. Ebchester was known as the Derventio of the Notitia, and afterwards as Vindomara; and it retains traces of Watling-street. The chapelry is of less extent than the township. Pop., 537. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Durham. Value, £200.* Patron, not reported. The church stands within an ancient camp, where many Roman remains have been found; and was recently in disrepair. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
Ebchester through time
Ebchester is now part of Derwentside district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derwentside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ebchester itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ebchester, in Derwentside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1858
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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