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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oxneyfield like this:
OXENHALL, a hamlet in Darlington parish, Durham; on the river Skern and the North eastern railway, 2¼ miles S of Darlington. Four round pools, called Hell-Kettles, are here; measure from 84 to 90 feet indiameter; are popularly believed to be fathomless; havewater strongly impregnated with sulphur, like that of the neighbouring spas of Croft and Dinsdale; were long, and still in some measure are, regarded locally with superstitions feeling; and are supposed, by some persons, to have originated by earthquake.
Oxneyfield is now part of DARLINGTON Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DARLINGTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oxneyfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oxneyfield, in Darlington and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25869
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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