Foxton and Shotton, Durham

Historical Description

Foxton and Shotton, a township in Sedgefield parish, Durham, near the Clarence railway, 7 miles NW by W of Stockton-on-Tees, and 3 from Sedgefield station on the N.E.R. Post, money order, and telegraph office, Sedgefield, under Ferry Hill. Acreage, 1803; population, 52. Viscount Boyne is the sole landowner. The manor belonged to the Knights of St John, and passed to the Russells of Brance-peth. For ecclesiastical purposes the township was joined to Stillington in 1886.

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 Foxton and Shotton from the following:

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

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