Shiney Row, Durham

Historical Description

Shiney Row, a village in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durham, a quarter of a mile from Penshaw station on the N.E.R., and 2 miles NW of Houghton. It is inhabited chiefly by coal-miners, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Fence Houses. There are Wesleyan, Wesleyan Reform, and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Shiney Row 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