Whittonstall, Durham

Historical Description

Whittonstall, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Bywell St Peter parish, Northumberland, 5 miles NNE of Shotley Bridge, and 4½ SSE of Stocksfield station on the N.E.R. There is a post office under Stocksfield (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Ebchester. Acreage of the township, 2197; population, 153; of ecclesiastical parish, 580. The ecclesiastical parish comprises the townships of Newlands and Hedley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Newcastle-on-Tyne; net value, £262. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was restored in 1832, and is a small building, consisting of apse, nave, and an embattled western tower. It was again restored, and a chancel built in 1895-96.

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 Whittonstall from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Whittonstall 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