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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barforth like this:
BARFORTH, a township in Forcett parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, 6 miles W by S of Darling ton. It had a Roman station; and was formerly called Old Richmond. Acres, 1,750. Real property, £2,403. Pop., 167. Houses, 25.
Barforth is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barforth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barforth, in County Durham and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11451
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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