In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grindon like this:
GRINDON, a township and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The township lies near the Clarence railway, ½ a mile NNE of Carlton r. station, and 4 NNW of Stockton-on-Tees. Acres, 3, 446. Pop., 303. house, 65. The parish contains also the township of Whitton, and comprIses 4, 187 acres. ...
Post town, Thorpe, under Stockton. Rated property, £2, 948. Pop., 343. house, 75. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the late Marchioness of Londonderry. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £250.* Patron, Earl Vane. The church and parsonage was recently rebuilt.
Grindon through time
Grindon is now part of Stockton on Tees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stockton on Tees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grindon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grindon, in Stockton on Tees and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1866
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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