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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wear like this:
WEAR (The), a river of Durham; rising near Killhope-Cross, adjacent to the boundary with Cumberland; running east-by-southward, past Weardale-St. John, Stanhope, Wolsingham, and Witton-le-Wear, to Bishop-Auckland; and going thence north-eastward, past Durham and Chester-le-Street, to the sea at Sunderland. It has a total course of about 60 miles; and is navigable for barges up to Durham.
Wear 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 Wear itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wear in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26910
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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