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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Edmondsley like this:
EDMONDLEY, a township in Chester-le-Street parish, Durham; on an affluent of the river Wear, near the Northeastern railway, 5½ miles NW by N of Durham. Acres, 1, 964. Real property, £7, 505; of which £4, 260 are in mines, and £74 in railways. Pop., 434. Houses, 85.
Edmondsley 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 Edmondsley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Edmondsley in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5903
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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