In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Middlestone like this:

MIDDLESTONE, a township in Auckland-St. Andrew parish, Durham; 3¼ miles ENE of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 879. Real property, £2,859; of which £1,600 are in mines, and £28 in quarries. Pop., 497. Houses, 95. Coal is worked by the Black Boy Coal company.

Middlestone through time

Middlestone 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 Middlestone itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Middlestone in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5297

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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