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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brafferton like this:
BRAFFERTON, a township in Great Aycliffe parish, Durham; on the river Skerne, and on the Northeastern railway, 4½ miles N of Darlington. Acres, 2,409. Real property, £2,158. Pop., 254. Houses, 44. There is a Methodist chapel.
Brafferton is now part of DARLINGTON Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DARLINGTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brafferton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brafferton, in Darlington and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5858
Date accessed: 10th April 2026
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