Ushaw, Durham

Historical Description

Ushaw, a place, with a Roman Catholic college, in Esh chapelry, Durham, 4 miles WNW of Durham, near Ushaw Moor station on the N.E.R. The college stands on a bleak hill 600 feet above the sea, was founded in 1804 and opened in 1808, underwent extension in 1850 and following years, includes a fine chapel opened in 1848, forms an open quadrangle together with a long cloister and a seminary, and has. about 300 students and 100 boys.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ushaw from the following:

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

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