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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westoe like this:
WESTOE, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in South Shields district, Durham. The township is in Jarrow parish; lies on the river Tyne, contiguous to South Shields township; forms a main part of South Shields town and borough; contains South-Shields workhouse and new docks; and has a post-office under South Shields. ...
Acres, 2,070; of which 275 are water. Real property, £52,998; of which £3,000 are in mines, £56 in quarries, £94 in fisheries, £150 in railways, and £300 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 19,349: in 1861, 26,266. Houses, 3,234. The increase of pop. arose from town extension, and from the formation of the new docks. See Shields (South).—The chapelry includes part of the township, and extends beyond it. Pop., about 7,000. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of D.-- The sub-district includes Harton township, and Whitburn and Boldon parishes; and comprises 12,155 acres. Pop., 29,382. Houses, 3,846.
Westoe is now part of SOUTH TYNESIDE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH TYNESIDE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Westoe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westoe, in South Tyneside and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21174
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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