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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Laithkirk like this:
LAITH-KIRK, a chapelry in Romald-Kirk parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, at the boundary with Durham, 1 mile SE of Middleton-in-Teesdale, and 9 NW of Barnard-Castle r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and its post-town is Middleton-in-Teesdale, under Darlington. Pop., 1,330. Houses, 229. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £103. * Patron, the Rector of Romald-Kirk.
Laithkirk 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 Laithkirk itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Laithkirk, in County Durham and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25244
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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