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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Waldridge like this:
WALDRIDGE, a township in Chester-le-Street parish, Durhamshire; 5½ miles N by W of Durham. Acres, 795. Real property, £4,660; of which £3,430 are in mines, and £300 in railways. Pop. in 1851, 747; in 1861, 945. Houses, 158.
Waldridge 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 Waldridge itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Waldridge in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4888
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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