Billquay, Durham

Historical Description

Billquay, a village in Heworth parish, Durham, on the river Tyne, 3 miles E of Gateshead. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Newcastle-on-Tyne; the railway station is at Pelaw Junction on the N.E.R. It has chemical and cement works, and shipbuilding yards. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Billquay from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bill-Quay)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online:

• Hartlepool Mail
• Northern Echo
• Durham County Advertiser
• Teesdale Mercury