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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westgate like this:
WESTGATE, a chapelry in Stanhope parish, Durham; on the river Wear, 5½ miles W of Stanhope r. station. It was constituted in 1867; and it has a post-office under Darlington. Pop., about 1,500. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £250. Patron, the Bishop of D. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Westgate 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 Westgate itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westgate in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25023
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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