Grindon, Durham

Historical Description

Grindon, a township and a parish in Durham. The township lies near the Clarence railway, half a mile NNE of Carlton railway station, and 4 NNW of Stockton-on-Tees. The parish contains also Thorpe Thewles, and comprises 3511 acres; population, 400. Post town, Stockton. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Londonderry, whose seat is Wynyard Park, with an area of about 2500 acres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; net value, £304: with residence. Patron, the Marquis of Londonderry. The church, which was rebuilt in 1886, is a building in the Early English style.

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 Grindon from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Grindon (St. Thomas à Becket))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Grindon 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