Chester le Street, County Durham

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Chester le Street like this:

Chester-le-Street, town, par., and township with ry. sta., in N. of co. and 5 m. N. of Durham and 260 NW. of London -- par., 32,094 ac. (188 water), pop. 40,337; township, 2913 ac. (52 water), pop. 6646; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper; has extensive coal mines and ironworks. Chester Moor, 3 m. from Chester-le-Street; P.O.

Chester le Street through time

Chester le Street 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 Chester le Street itself, go to Statistics.

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