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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Seaton like this:
SEATON and SLINGLEY, a township, with a r..station, in Seaham parish, Durham; on the Durham and Sunderland railway, 4½ miles S by W of Sunderland. Acres, 1, 373. Real property, £1, 879; of which £240 are in the railway . Pop., 236. Houses, 43.
Seaton 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 Seaton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Seaton in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4279
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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