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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lonton like this:
LONTON, a hamlet in Holwick township, RomaldKirk parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, at the boundary with Durham, 8½ miles NW of Barnard-Castle. A handsome bridge here spans the Tees.
Lonton 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 Lonton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lonton, in County Durham and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25217
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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