Morton Tinmouth, Durham
Historical Description
Morton Tinmouth, a township in Gainford parish, Durham, 7½ miles NW of Darlington, and 5¼ from Piercebridge station on the N.E.R. Post town, Darlington; money order and telegraph office, Gainford. Acreage, 416; population, 35. Lord Barnard is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The property belonged anciently to Tynemouth Priory.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Civil parish | Gainford | |
Poor Law union | Teesdale | |
Ward | Darlington |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Morton Tinmouth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Morton-Tynemouth)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Morton Tinmouth are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online: