In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dinnington like this:
DINNINGTON, a township and a parish in Castle Ward district, Northumberland. The township lies near the source of the river Pont, 5 miles W of Dudley r. station, and 6½ NNW of Newcastle-on-Tyne; and has a post office under Newcastle-on-Tyne. Acres, 812. Pop., 284. Houses, 59. The parish includes also the townships of Horton-Grange, Brenkley, Mason, Woolsington, and Prestwick; and was formerly part of Ponteland parish. ...
Acres, 5, 538. Rated property, £6, 000. Pop., 774. Houses, 157. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £160.* Patron, M. Bell, Esq. The church is good.
Dinnington through time
Dinnington is now part of Newcastle upon Tyne district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newcastle upon Tyne has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dinnington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dinnington, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9079
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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