Waskerley, Durham

Historical Description

Waskerley, a hamlet in Muggleswick parish, Durham, with a goods station on the N.E.R., and a post office under Darlington; money order office, Castleside; telegraph office, Tow Law.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Waskerley 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