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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitwell House like this:
WHITWELL, an extra-parochial tract, in the district and county of Durham; 3 miles ESE of Durham. Acres, 540. Real property, £3,633; of which £2,560 are in mines, and £205 in railways. Pop., 180. Houses, 29.
Whitwell House 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 Whitwell House itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitwell House in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1928
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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