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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stockley like this:
STOCKLEY, a township in Brancepeth parish, Durhamshire; 4½ miles SW by W of Durham. Acres, 1,342. Real property, £2,961; of which £2,000 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 44; in 1861, 282. Houses, 51. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of coal mining.
Stockley 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 Stockley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stockley in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2414
Date accessed: 23rd January 2026
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