A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WEARDALE, a district in the W of Durham; containing Stanhope, Edmondbyers, Hunstonworth, and Wolsingham parishes, and divided into three sub-districts. Acres, 90,533. Poor rates in 1863, £4,725. Pop. in 1851, 14,567; in 1861, 16,418. Houses, 3,205. Marriages in 1863, 134; births, 674,-of which 58 were illegitimate; deaths, 328,-of which 122 were at ages under 5 years, and 5 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 1,286; births, 6,097; deaths, 3,235. The places of worship, in 1851, were 10 of the Church of England, with 2,720 sittings; 1 of Baptists, with 199 s.; 12 of Wesleyans, with 3,185 s.; 13 of Primitive Methodists, with 2,525 s.; and 1 of Roman Catholics, with 159 s. The schools were 13 public day-schools, with 1,056 scholars; 16 private day-schools, with 611 s.; and 33 Sunday schools, with 2,498 s. The workhouse is in Stanhope.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Weardale RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Wear Valley |
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