Windynook, Durham

Historical Description

Windynook, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Heworth township, Jarrow parish, Durham, 2 miles SSE of Gateshead, and about 1 mile from Felling station on the N.E.R. There is a post office under Gateshead; money order office, High Fell; telegraph office, Felling. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1843. Population, 4359. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of Heworth. The church is Early English, consisting of chancel, nave, N aisle, S porch, and bell-cote. There are New Connexion, Free, and Primitive Methodist chapels.

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 Windynook from the following:

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

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