In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Frosterley like this:
FROSTERLEY, a township-chapelry in Stanhope parish, Durham; on the river Wear, and on the Weardale railway, 3¼ miles W of Wolsingham. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office under Darlington. Real property, £2, 716; of which £938 are in quarries, and £200 in mines. Pop., 486. Houses, 107. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church was built in 1869. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Additional information about this locality is available for Stanhope
Frosterley through time
Frosterley is now part of Wear Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wear Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Frosterley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Frosterley, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25840
Date accessed: 23rd October 2024
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