In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Iveston like this:
IVESTONE, a township in Lanchester parish, Dur hamshire; near the Stanhope railway, 9 miles NW of Durham. It contains the hamlets of Crook, Hall, an High Brooms, and part of the village of Leadgate. Acres 1, 925. Real property, 11, 046; of which £2, 220 are in mines, and £1, 024 in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 2, 500 in 1861, 3, 327. Houses, 613. The manor belonged an ciently to Kepier hospital. There are chapels for Wes leyans, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics; an there are schools connected with the ironworks.
Iveston through time
Iveston is now part of Derwentside district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derwentside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Iveston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Iveston, in Derwentside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3086
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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