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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scargill like this:
SCARGILL, a township in Barningham parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles S of Barnard-Castle. Acres, 4, 817. Real property, £1, 674. Pop., 93. Houses, 19. Scargill Cliff-is a picturesque object, and figures in Sir Walter Scott's " Rokeby" as the retreat of Guy Denzil and his desperate crew.
Scargill 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 Scargill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scargill, in County Durham and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14178
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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