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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westerton like this:
WESTERTON, a township in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; 2½ miles E by N of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 697. Real property, £1,485; of which £400 are in mines, and £260 in quarries. Pop., 196. Houses, 43.
Westerton 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 Westerton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westerton in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4296
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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