In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stockley like this:
STOCKLEY, a township in Brancepeth parish, Durhamshire; 4½ miles SW by W of Durham. Acres, 1,342. Real property, £2,961; of which £2,000 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 44; in 1861, 282. Houses, 51. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of coal mining.
Stockley through time
Stockley is now part of Wear Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wear Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stockley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stockley, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2414
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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