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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burradon like this:
BRIERDEAN, or Burradon, a township in Earsdon parish, Northumberland; on the Blyth railway, 5 miles NNW of North Shields. Acres, 535. Pop., 507. Houses, 80. Coal and stone are worked. A fearful colliery disaster occurred here in March, 1860.
Burradon is now part of NORTH TYNESIDE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH TYNESIDE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burradon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burradon, in North Tyneside and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8862
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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