In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beamish like this:
BEAMISH, a township in Tanfield chapelry, Chester-le-Street parish, Durham; on the river Urpeth, near Stanhope railway, 6 miles SW of Gateshead. Acres, 4,120. Real property, £6,757; of which £2,900 are in coal mines. Pop., 2,074.
Additional information about this locality is available for Urpeth
Beamish through time
Beamish is now part of Chester le Street district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester le Street has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beamish itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beamish, in Chester le Street and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25823
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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