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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cotherstone like this:
COTHERSTON, a township in Romaldkirk parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees and the Tees . Valley branch railway, 3¾ miles NW of Barnard-Castle. It contains five hamlets, and has a post office under Darlington and a railway station. Acres, 8, 2 28. Real property, £4, 120. Pop., 561. Houses, 128. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists; and ruins of an old castle, which belonged to the Fitz-Hughses.
Cotherstone 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 Cotherstone itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cotherstone, in County Durham and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12206
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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