A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Darlington. You may be able to find further references to Darlington in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Darlington | ward | Bartholomew |
| DARLINGTON | a town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a ward | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Darlington.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Archdeacon Newton | township | Bartholomew |
| ARCHDEACON-NEWTON | a township | Imperial |
| Blackwell | township | Bartholomew |
| BLACKWELL | a township | Imperial |
| Cockerton | township | Bartholomew |
| COCKERTON | a township | Imperial |
| OXENHALL | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Oxneyfeid (or Oxenleyfield) | Bartholomew | |
| OXNEYFIELD | a hamlet | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Darlington within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Durham to Shropshire | 4 |
| George Head | Tees-side | 4 |
| William Camden | Durham, Lancashire and Westmorland | 2 |
| Charles Wesley | Jan. 1 - Apr. 30, 1744: London to Newcastle | 2 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 9: Eastern Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland | 2 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 4: Leeds and North Yorkshire | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1743: Wesley Refused Sacraments at Epworth; Cornwall and the Scilly Isles | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1760-2: Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declarations; Speaking Statue; Pentecost | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Cockerton | 0 | 2 |
| Haughton le Skerne | 0 | 2 |
| Blackwell | 0 | 2 |
| Whessoe | 0 | 2 |
| Great Burdon | 0 | 2 |
| Archdeanon Newton | 0 | 2 |
| Oxneyfield | 0 | 3 |
| Morton Palms | 0 | 2 |
| Stapleton | 0 | 2 |
| Cleasby | 0 | 2 |
| Hurworth | 0 | 2 |
| Barmpton | 0 | 2 |
| Coatham Mundeville | 0 | 2 |
| Neasham | 0 | 2 |
| Brafferton | 0 | 2 |
| Sadberge | 0 | 2 |
| High Coniscliffe | 0 | 3 |
| Low Dinsdale | 2 | 2 |
| Manfield | 0 | 2 |
| Walworth | 0 | 2 |