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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Bedburn like this:
BEDBURN (South), a Township in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; on the Bedburn rivulet, 3¼. miles from the Weardale railway, and 7½ W of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 6,765. Real property, £2,920. Pop., 332. Houses, 61.
South Bedburn 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 South Bedburn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of South Bedburn in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4849
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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