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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marwood like this:
MARWOOD, a township in Gainford parish, Durham; on the river Tees, at the boundary with Yorkshire, 3 ½ miles NNW of Barnard-Castle. Acres, 3,671. Real property, £2,931; of which £20 are in quarries, and £20 in gas-works. Pop., 241. Houses, 37. Vestiges of an ancient town of Marwood, once a place of considerable importance, are on an eminence adjoining BarnardCastle. Remains exist of an old chapel.
Marwood 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 Marwood itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marwood in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1910
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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