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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shincliffe like this:
SHINCLIFFE, a village, a township, and a chapelry in St. Oswald parish, Durhamshire. The village stands on the river Wear, adjacent to the Northeastern railway, 2 miles SE of Durham; is inhabited chiefly by colliers; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Durham.-The township comprises 1,303 acres. ...
Real property, £9,253; of which £4,507 are in mines, and £218 in the railway. Pop. in 1851, 1,175; in 1861, 1,544. Houses, 298. The property is subdivided.—The chapelry was constituted in 1831. Pop. in 1861, 1,620. Houses, 310. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £98.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was built in 1826; and schools, in the early English style, were built in 1866.
Shincliffe 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 Shincliffe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shincliffe in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/4281
Date accessed: 10th February 2026
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