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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Satley like this:
SATLEY, a village and a township in Lanchester parish, and a chapelry partly also in Brancepeth parish, Durham. The village stands 3 miles N of Towlaw r.station, and 4½ S W of Lanchester; and has a post-office under Darlington. The township comprises 901 acres. Pop., 139. Houses, 29. The chapelry includes also the townships of Cornsay, Butsfield, and Hedleyhope, and comprises 7, 233 acres. ...
Pop., 1, 339. Houses, 187. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is good; and there is an endowed school.
Satley 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 Satley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Satley in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1918
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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