Croft on Tees, North Riding

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Croft on Tees like this:

CROFT, a village, a township, and a parish in the district of Darlington, and N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Tees, adjacent to the York and New-Castle railway, at the boundary with Durham, 2¾ miles S of Darlington; and has, on the Durham side of the river, a station on the railway and a post office under Darlington. ...

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It is a watering-place, with sulphureous and saline springs; has a good hotel, lodging-houses, and baths, and a handsome stone bridge; and was the birth-place of Thomas Burnet, the philosopher and divine. The township includes also the hamlet of Halnaby, and part of the parish of Great Smeaton. Acres, 1, 482. Real property, £6, 138; of which £725 are in railways. Pop., 466. Houses, 73. The parish contains also the township of Dalton-upon-Tees, and part of the township of Stapleton. Acres, 7, 030. Assessed property, £9, 105. Pop., 761. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Croft Hall, belongs to Sir W. Chaytor, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £825.* Patron, the Crown. The church is English, of various styles; has a quaint, weather-worn, ancient appearance; contains monuments of the Clervaux, ancestors of the Chaytors: and is good. There are charities £10.

Croft on Tees through time

Croft on Tees is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Croft on Tees itself, go to Statistics.

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