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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crossgate like this:
CROSSGATE, a township in St. Oswald parish, Durham; partly in Durham city. It contains Durham work-house; and forms, with Framwellgate township, the parochial chapelry of St. Margaret. Acres, 454. Pop., 2, 591. Houses, 351.
Crossgate 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 Crossgate itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crossgate in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4189
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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