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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barony like this:
BARONY, a township in St. Andrew-Auckland parish, Durham; on the river Gannless, and on the Northern Counties Union railway, at Evenwood station, 7 miles SW of Bishop-Auckland. It includes the hamlet of Evenwood; contains extensive coal-mines; and belongs to the Bishop of Durham. Acres, 5,336. Real property, £10,247,-of which £4,820 are in mines. Pop., 2,674. Houses, 518.
Barony 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 Barony itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barony in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25822
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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