In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Conforth like this:
CORNFORTH, a township-chapelry in Bishops-Middleham parish, Durham; on the Hartlepool railway, 6¼ miles SSE of Durham. Acres, 1, 689. Real property, £3, 172. Pop., 1, 619. Houses, 336. The living is a vicarage. Value, £200. The church was built in 1865.
Conforth through time
Conforth is now part of Sedgefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Conforth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Conforth, in Sedgefield and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4183
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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