Langley Moor, Durham

Historical Description

Langley Moor, a colliery village in the township of Brandon and Byshottles, Brancepeth parish, Durham, 2 miles SW of Durham. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Durham. The collieries are extensively worked. There are Wesleyan, Methodist New Connexion, Baptist, and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a Roman Catholic school chapel, with priest's residence. There is also a literary institute and reading-room.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Langley Moor 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