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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Preston le Skerne like this:
PRESTON-LE-SKERNE, a township in Aycliffe parish, Durham; on the river Skerne, and on the Stockton and Bishop-Auckland railway, adjacent to its intersection of the North eastern railway, 6¼ miles N N E of Darlington. Acres, 2, 610. Real property, £1, 811. Pop., 146. Houses, 25.
Preston le Skerne 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 Preston le Skerne itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Preston le Skerne in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4277
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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