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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Weardale St John like this:
WEARDALE-ST. JOHN, a chapelry, with a village, in Stanhope parish, Durham; on the river Wear, 7 miles W of Stanhope r. station. It has a post-office,‡ of the name of St. John's Chapel, under Darlington, a market-cross, a weekly market on Saturday, and a fair on 4 July. Rated property, £8,369. ...
Pop., 3,100. The property is subdivided. Lead mines employ many of the inhabitants, and belong to W. B. Beaumont, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £400.* Patron, the Bishop of D. The church is good; and there are four dissenting chapels, and a national school.
Weardale St John 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 Weardale St John itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Weardale St John in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21341
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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