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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lynesack like this:
LYNESACK AND SOFTLY, a township-chapelry in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; on headstreams of the river Gaunless, 3 miles W by N of Cockfield r. station, and 7 NNE of Barnard-Castle. Post town, Bishop-Auckland, under Darlington. Acres, 5,946. Real property, £3,215; of which £1,095 are in mines. ...
Pop. in 1851,787; in 1861,1,120. Houses, 223. The property is much subdivided. Part of the land is a barren hilly tract, called South Side. Many of the inhabitants are employed in coal mines. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300. * Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is modern.
Lynesack 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 Lynesack itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lynesack in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4267
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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