In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holmside like this:
HOLMSIDE, a chapelry in Lanchester parish, Durhamshire; near the Stanhope railway, 6¾ miles NW of Durham. Acres, 2, 860. Real property, £6, 565; of which £4, 628 are in mines. Pop., 1, 048. Houses, 213. The manor belongs to the Wilkinsons. The living is a p. curacy. Value, £200. A new church was founded in 1869.
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Holmside through time
Holmside is now part of Derwentside district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derwentside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Holmside itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Holmside, in Derwentside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25851
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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