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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barningham like this:
BARNINGHAM, a township in the district of Teesdale, and a parish partly also in the district of Richmond N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on a tributary of the Tees, near Arkengarth forest, 5½ miles SE of Barnard-Castle r. station; and has a post office ender Darlington. Acres, 3,454. ...
Real property, £3,350. Pop., 307. Houses, 78. The parish includes also the townships of Scargill and Hope; and part of the township of Newsham. Acres, 10,771. Real property, with the rest of Newsham, £8,998. Pop., 526. Houses, 129. Much of the surface is upland moor. Barningham Park is the seat of the Milbanks. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £553.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £20.
Barningham 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 Barningham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barningham, in County Durham and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11520
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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