Satley, Durham
Historical Description
Satley, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish formed from the parishes of Lanchester, Chester-le-Street, and Ebchester, Durham. The village stands 3 miles N of Tow Law railway station, and 4 SW of Lanchester, and has a post office under Tow Law (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Tow Law. The township comprises 3349 acres; population, 295. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The ecclesiastical parish includes also the townships of Cornsay, Butsfield, and Hedleyhope. Population, 2288. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £342 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is in the Early English style; consists of chancel, nave, and western tower; and was thoroughly restored in 1870-71. There is a school with a small endowment.
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 | Lanchester | |
Poor Law union | Lanchester | |
Ward | Chester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Satley from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Satley 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: