Bourn Moor or Burnmoor, Durham

Historical Description

Bourn Moor or Burnmoor, a village, a township, and a parish in Durham, with a post office under Fence Houses, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage of township, 512; population, 1362; of the ecclesiastical parish, 1634. The parish comprises the townships of Bourn Moor, South Biddick, and Lambton, and part of Harraton, 1 mile NE of Fence Houses station on the N.E.R. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £405 with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Durham, who is lord of the manor and chief landowner. There are four dissenting chapels. There is a colliery, also coke ovens and brick factories.

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.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bourn Moor or Burnmoor from the following:

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

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