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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Espershields like this:
ESPERSHIELDS, a township in Bywell-St. Peter parish, Northumberland; on the river Derwent, contiguous to Durham, 8 miles S by E of Corbridge. It includes a place called Millshield. Acres, 3, 389. Pop., 182. Houses, 31.
Espershields is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Espershields itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Espershields in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9121
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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