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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cocken like this:
COCKEN, a township in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durham; on the river Wear, 3½ miles NNE of Durham. Acres, 437. Real property, £660. Pop., 77. Houses, 14. Cocken Hall is a romantically situated residence, almost surrounded by the Wear.
Cocken 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 Cocken itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cocken in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1848
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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