Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Mainsforth within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Mainsforth, township, Bishop Middleham par., Durham, on river Little Skerne, 74 miles E. of Bishop Auckland, 653 ac., pop. 114; contains Mainsforth Hall, seat, and an ancient camp.