INGLETON, a township in Staindrop parish, and a chapelry, partly also in Heighington parish, Durham. The township lies 2¾ miles N of Gainford r. station, and 7 SSW of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 813. Real property, £1, 796. Pop., 300. Houses, 75. The manor belongs to the Duke of Cleveland. The chapelry was constituted in 1845. Post town, Staindrop, under Darlington. Rated property, £3, 455. Pop., 667. Houses, 147. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Staindrop. The church is modern, and has a belfry. There is a village school. Charities, £10.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))