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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Butterwick like this:
BUTTERWICK, a township in Sedgefield parish, Durham; near the river Skern, 2 miles E by N of Sedgefield. Acres, 1,495. Real property, £924. Pop., 48. Houses, 10.
Butterwick 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 Butterwick itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Butterwick in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5260
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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