Enjoy a glimpse of history about Kimblesworth in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
KIMBLESWORTH is a parish 1 mile east from Witton Gilbert station and 3 miles north-by-north-west of Durham, in the Northern division of the county, west division of Chester ward, Durham union and county court district: this was anciently a separate rectory, but the church has long since gone to decay, and the benefice is united to Witton Gilbert. A colliery is worked here by Messrs. Elliott and Hunter. The Earl of Durham is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is sand and clay; subsoil, gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 571 acres; rateable value, £2,966; and the population in 1871 was 34.—Letters through Durham, which is the nearest money order office.
Crofton George, farmer | Kimblesworth Coal Co. (Elliott & Hunter, proprietors; Simon Tate, manager)
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