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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whittonstall like this:
WHITTONSTALL, a township-chapelry in Bywell-St. Peter parish, Northumberland; 3¼ miles N NW of Shotley-Bridge, and 3½ SSW of Stocksfield r. station. Post town, Stocksfield, Northumberland. Acres, 1,968. Pop., 219. Houses, 39. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £45.* Patrons, the Trustees of Lord Crewe. The church was built in 1832.
Whittonstall is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whittonstall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whittonstall in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9949
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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