In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eastgate like this:
EASTGATE, a chapelry in Stanhope parish, Durham; on the river Wear, 2½ miles W of Stanhope town and r. station. It has a post office under Darlington. The statistics are returned with the parish; and the living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Stanhope. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Additional information about this locality is available for Stanhope
Eastgate through time
Eastgate 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 Eastgate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eastgate, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25835
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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