Port Clarence or Clarence Ironworks, Durham

Historical Description

Port Clarence or Clarence Ironworks forms part of the township of Coopen Bewley, Billingham parish, Durham. It has a station on the N.E.R., a post, money order, and telegraph office under Middlesboro', a chapel of ease, and a Roman Catholic chapel.

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 Port Clarence or Clarence Ironworks from the following:

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

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