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A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Witton Park like this:
Witton Park, eccl. dist., Auckland St Andrew par., Durham, 4½ miles NW. of Bishop Auckland, pop. 3079; P.O., T.O.; has extensive ironworks.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Witton Park by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Escomb | 0 | 2 |
| Witton Junction | 0 | 1 |
| Newton Cap | 0 | 2 |
| Etherley | 0 | 3 |
| Witton le Wear | 1 | 2 |
| Hunwick | 0 | 3 |
| Pollards Land | 0 | 2 |
| Auckland St Andrew | 0 | 2 |
| Helmington | 0 | 2 |
| Bishop Auckland | 1 | 4 |
| West Auckland | 0 | 3 |
| Auckland St Helen | 0 | 2 |
| Binchester | 3 | 2 |
| Newfield | 0 | 2 |
| Sunnybrow | 0 | 1 |
| Helmington Row | 0 | 2 |
| Hamsterley | 0 | 2 |
| Fir Tree | 0 | 2 |
| Evenwood | 0 | 3 |
| Barony | 0 | 1 |