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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Park Quarter like this:
PARK-QUARTER, a township in Stanhope parish, Durham; on the river Wear, 3 miles W of Stanhope. Acres, 12, 190. Real property, £4, 397; of which £12are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 991; in 1861, 1,091. Houses, 213. Much of the surface is moor and mountain. Park Pike is a pillar bearing the initials L. M., and commonly called Long Man's Grave.
Park 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 Park Quarter itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Park Quarter in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25872
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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