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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plawsworth like this:
PLAWSWORTH, a township in Chester-le-Street parish, Durhamshire; near the river Wear, 4 miles N by W of Durham. Acres, 1, 224. Real property, £2, 207; of which £500 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 286; in 1861, 681. Houses, 130. The increase of pop. arose from theextension of collieries. There is a New Connexion Methodist chapel.
Plawsworth 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 Plawsworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plawsworth in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5600
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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