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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holmside like this:
HOLMSIDE, a chapelry in Lanchester parish, Durhamshire; near the Stanhope railway, 6¾ miles NW of Durham. Acres, 2, 860. Real property, £6, 565; of which £4, 628 are in mines. Pop., 1, 048. Houses, 213. The manor belongs to the Wilkinsons. The living is a p. curacy. Value, £200. A new church was founded in 1869.
Holmside 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 Holmside itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Holmside in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25851
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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