Greenside, Durham

Historical Description

Greenside, an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1886, in Durham, comprising the townships of Ryton Woodside and Crawcrook. It has a post office under Ryton (R.S.O.); money order office, Emma Colliery; telegraph office, Ryton. There is also a post office at Crawcrook. Population, 2679. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £283 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Byton. The parish church is a modern stone building in the Decorated style.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Greenside 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:

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