In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Collierley like this:
COLLIERLEY, a township and a chapelry in Lanchester parish, Durham. The township lies on an affluent of the river Derwent, adjacent to the Stanhope and Tyne railway, 6 miles NNE of Cold-Rowley r. station, and 9 SW of Gateshead; and it includes Dipton and Pontop, the former of which has a post office under Gates-head. ...
Acres, 1,855. Real property, £3, 286; of which £1, 300 are in mines. Pop., 1, 322. Houses, 265. The chapelry was constituted in 1842; and is more extensive than the township. Rated property, £6, 565. Pop., 3, 223. Houses, 642. The property is subdivided. Coal is worked. The surface rises, at Pontop-Pike, to the altitude of 1, 018 feet. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is good.
Collierley through time
Collierley is now part of Derwentside district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derwentside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Collierley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Collierley, in Derwentside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4182
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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