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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bishopton like this:
BISHOPTON, a township and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The township lies 2 miles SSW of Stillington r. station, and 5½ WNW of Stockton-upon Tees; and has a post office under Stockton. Acres, 2,102. Real property, £3,077. Pop., 342. Houses, 80.—The parish includes also the townships of Little Stainton and East and West Newbiggin. ...
Acres, 4,031. Real property, £4,699. Pop., 448. Houses, 99. The property is subdivided. There are vestiges of an entrenchment, supposed to have surrounded the mansion of Roger de Conyers, who, in the time of King Stephen, resisted and overcame William Cumyn, an insurrectionary and devastating pretender to the see of Durham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £250.* Patron, not reported. The church is excellent.
Bishopton is now part of DARLINGTON Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DARLINGTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bishopton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bishopton, in Darlington and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4172
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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