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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whorlton like this:
WHORLTON, a township-chapelry in Gainford parish, Durham; 3¼ miles SW of Winston r. station, and 3¾ ESE of Barnard-Castle. It has a post-office under Darlington. Acres, 1,760. Real property, £2,420. Pop., 292. Houses, 54. The property is subdivided. Limestone is quarried. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £107. Patron, the Vicar of Gainford. The church is good.
Whorlton 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 Whorlton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whorlton in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4298
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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