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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Offerton like this:
OFFERTON, a township in Houghton le-Spring parish, Durham; near the river Wear, 4 miles W by S of Sunderland. Acres, 809. Real property, £1, 301. Pop., 172. Houses, 36.
Offerton is now part of SUNDERLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how SUNDERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Offerton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Offerton, in Sunderland and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1914
Date accessed: 12th December 2025
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