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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described North Bedburn like this:
BEDBURN (North), a township in Auckland-St Andrew parish, Durham; near the Weardale railway and the river Wear, 5½ miles NW of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 2,036. Real property, £6,112,-of which £2,963 are in mines. Pop., 1,771. Houses, 335. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
North Bedburn is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about North Bedburn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of North Bedburn in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1840
Date accessed: 23rd January 2026
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