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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodland like this:
WOODLAND, a township in Cockfield parish, Durham; 4½ miles NE of Barnard-Castle. Acres, 3,510. Real property, £1,009; of which £160 are in mines. Pop., 252. Houses, 54. A small church was built here in 1866; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
Woodland 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 Woodland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodland in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4301
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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