Lyons, Durham
Historical Description
Lyons, including Easington Lane, an ecclesiastical parish in Durham, 1½ mile from South Hetton station on the N.E.R., U miles NW of Easington, and 4 SE of Fence Houses. It has a post and money order office at Easington Lane, under Hetton-le-Hole (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Hetton-le-Hole. Population, 4411. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the neighbouring collieries. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £320 with residence, alternately in the gift of the Bishop and the Crown. There are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, a Church of England mission hall, and colliery schools.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Lyons 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: