In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Middlestone like this:
MIDDLESTONE, a township in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; 3¼ miles ENE of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 879. Real property, £2,859; of which £1,600 are in mines, and £28 in quarries. Pop., 497. Houses, 95. Coal is worked by the Black Boy Coal company.
Middlestone through time
Middlestone 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 Middlestone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Middlestone, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5297
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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