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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Forest Quarter like this:
FOREST-QUARTER, a township in Stanhope parish, Durham; 7 miles NW of Stanhope. It includes the chapelry of Weardale, and several hamlets. Acres, 20, 000. Pop., 4, 600. Houses, 895. There are a church, two Methodist chapels, and two national schools.
Forest Quarter 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 Forest Quarter itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Forest Quarter in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25839
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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