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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claxton like this:
CLAXTON, a township in Greatham parish, Durham; 6 miles NNE of Stockton-upon-Tees. Acres, 866. Real property, £972. Pop., 55. Houses, 8. Claxton, the antiquary, was a native.
Claxton is now part of HARTLEPOOL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HARTLEPOOL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Claxton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Claxton, in Hartlepool and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4179
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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