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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cockfield like this:
COCKFIELD, a township and a parish in Teesdale district, Durham. The township lies under Cockfield fell, near Raby Park, 7 miles NE-of Barnard Castle; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Darlington. Real property, £2, 463; of which £350 are in mines and £25 in quarries. ...
Pop., 1, 004. Houses, 196. The parish contains also the township of Woodland. Acres, 4, 416. Real property, £3, 472. Pop., 1, 256. Houses, 250. Coal has been worked here for five centuries; but is worked less now than formerly. The coal seams are thrown up three fathoms by a trap dyke. Stone also has been largely quarried. Lines of intrenchment are on Cockfield fell. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Staindrop, in the diocese of Durham. Value, £354.* Patron, the Duke of Cleveland. The church has a carved pulpit and an octagonal font. The vicarage of Ingleton is a separate benefice.
Cockfield 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 Cockfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cockfield in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6136
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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