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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Binchester like this:
BINCHESTER, a township in St. Andrew-Auckland parish, Durham: on the river Wear, adjacent to the Weardale railway, 2 miles N by E of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 500. Real property, with Newfield, £3,473,-of which £2,294 are in mines. Pop., 33. Houses, 5. The manor has belonged to the Wren family since the time of James I and their mansion on it, a venerable building with wings, appears to have been built about the beginning of that King's reign. ...
A spot on the brow of an eminence, commanding an extensive view, and now enclosed and cultivated, was the Roman station Binovium or Vinovium, and has yielded a great variety of Roman relics. The extent of the station was probably about 30 acres. The Roman Watling-street passed either through it, or close on its western side.
Binchester 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 Binchester itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Binchester in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2744
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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