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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Benfieldside like this:
BENFIELDSIDE, a township and a chapelry in Lanchester parish, Durham. The township lies on the river Derwent, and on a branch of the Northeastern railway, 4 miles N of Cold Rowley; and has a r. station. It is a watering place, and has coal mines; and its Post Town is Medomsley, under Gateshead. Acres, 1,834. Pop., 4,026. Houses, 728. The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Pop., 9,223. Houses, 1,575. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Durham. Value, £300.* Patron, al. the Crown and the Bishop. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels and a R. Catholic one.
Benfieldside 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 Benfieldside itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Benfieldside in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/652
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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