In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stocksfield like this:

STOCKSFIELD, a township in By well-St. Andrew parish, Northumberland; on the river Tyne and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 7¾ miles E by S of Hexham. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office‡ designated Stocksfield, Northumberland. Acres, 311. Pop., 48. Houses, 9.

Stocksfield through time

Stocksfield is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stocksfield itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stocksfield in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22627

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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