In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fishburn like this:
FISHBURN, a township in Sedgefield parish, Durhamshire; 9¼ miles SSE of Durham. Acres, 2, 082. Real property, £1, 966. Pop., 255. Houses, 55. It has a Wesleyan chapel, and is a meet for the Durham hounds.
Fishburn through time
Fishburn is now part of Sedgefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fishburn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fishburn, in Sedgefield and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2397
Date accessed: 31st October 2024
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