Winterton, Durham
Historical Description
Winterton, a small village in Sedgefield parish, Durham, near Ferry Hill station on the N.E.R., and 9 miles from Durham. It has a post, money order, and telegraph effice under Ferry Hill. The County Lunatic Asylum was erected here in 1858, enlarged in 1879, and a new wing added in 1889. It consists of two blocks, with accommodation for 1300 inmates, and has a chapel. Gas for lighting it is supplied from works within the grounds.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Winterton 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: