Iveston
Sign in to saveIveston is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Consett. Housing in the area consists of a mixture of traditional cottages and large, newer residential properties. Historically, farming and mining formed the chief sources of employment in the village. In 1931 the parish had a population of 6395.
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Iveston is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Consett. Housing in the area consists of a mixture of traditional cottages and large, newer residential properties. Historically, farming and mining formed the chief sources of employment in the village. In 1931 the parish had a population of 6395.
First documented in the Boldon Book as Ivestan. The village is also listed in Bishop Hatfield’s survey (1381) as Ivestane.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iveston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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