In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Elvet like this:
ELVET, a township in St. Oswald parish, Durham; partly within Durham city, and divided into Elvet borough and Elvet barony. Acres of the whole, 3, 800. Real property of E. borough, £4, 260; of E. barony, £11, 480, -of which £1, 880 are in mines. Pop. of the whole, 4, 140. Houses, 544. Maiden Castle, at Elvet, occupies a peculiarly shaped steep hill 100 feet high, over-hanging the Wear at Hill-tower, opposite Pellalo-wood. See Durham.
Elvet through time
Elvet is now part of Durham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Durham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Elvet itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Elvet, in Durham and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1859
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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