Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Auckland St Helen like this:
AUCKLAND (St. Helen), a township-chapelry in the parish of St. Andrew-Auckland, Durham; on the river Gannless and on the Haggerleases branch railway, 2½ miles SW of Bishop-Auckland. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is West Auckland under Darlington. Acres, 1,480. Real property, £7,570,-of which £5,102 are in mines. Pop., 842. Houses, 167. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £220. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is tolerable.
Auckland St Helen 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 Auckland St Helen itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Auckland St Helen in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4164
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Auckland St Helen".
