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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Urpeth like this:
URPETH, a township in Chester-le-Street parish, Durham; 2½ miles NW of Chester-le-Street. Acres, 1,671. Real property, £6,757; of which £2,595 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 952; in 1861, 1,123. Houses, 200. U. Lodge is a chief residence.
Urpeth 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 Urpeth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Urpeth in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2781
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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