In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Etherley like this:
ETHERLEY, a chapelry in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; near the Northern Counties Union railway, 3¼ miles WSW of Bishop-Auckland. It has a station, jointly with Witton-Park, on the railway; and its post town is Witton-Park, under Darlington. It was constituted in 1833. Rated property, £2, 539. Pop., 1, 712. Houses, 352. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is very good.
Etherley through time
Etherley is now part of Teesdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Teesdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Etherley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Etherley, in Teesdale and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4163
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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