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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cold Hesledon like this:
COLD-HESLETON, a township in Dalton-le-Dale parish, Durham; on the coast, 7½ miles S of Sunderland. Acres, 1, 031; of which 38 are water. Real property, £1, 322. Pop., 89. Houses, 19.
Cold Hesledon 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 Cold Hesledon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cold Hesledon in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5506
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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