In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Preston le Skerne like this:
PRESTON-LE-SKERNE, a township in Aycliffe parish, Durham; on the river Skerne, and on the Stockton and Bishop-Auckland railway, adjacent to its intersection of the North eastern railway, 6¼ miles N N E of Darlington. Acres, 2, 610. Real property, £1, 811. Pop., 146. Houses, 25.
Preston le Skerne through time
Preston le Skerne is now part of Sedgefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Preston le Skerne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Preston le Skerne, in Sedgefield and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4277
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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