In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shadforth like this:
SHADFORTH, a township and a chapelry in Pittington parish, Durhamshire. The township lies 2 miles S E of Sherburn r. station, and 5 E S E of Durham. Acres, 2, 872. Real property, £6, 589; of which £2, 497 are in mines, and £27 in railway s. Pop., 1, 164. Houses, 245. The chapelry includes also part of Sherburn township, and was constituted in 1841. ...
Post-town, Durham. Pop.in 1861, 2, 490. Houses, 522. But, on the day of thecensus, many miners were temporarily absent. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £420.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was built in 1839. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a parochial school.
Shadforth through time
Shadforth is now part of Durham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Durham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shadforth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shadforth, in Durham and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3261
Date accessed: 20th October 2024
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