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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wackerfield like this:
WACKERFIELD, a township in Staindrop parish, Durham; 6 miles SW by S of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 744. Real property, £1,244. Pop., 160. Houses, 30.
Wackerfield 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 Wackerfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wackerfield in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4294
Date accessed: 23rd January 2026
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