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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hett like this:
HETT, a township in Merrington parish, Durhamshire; near the river Wear, 4 miles S of Durham. Acres, 1, 256. Real property, £1, 533; of which £601 are in mines, and £17 in quarries. Pop., 241. Houses, 54. There is a paper mill.
Hett 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 Hett itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hett in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4870
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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