Harraton, Durham
Historical Description
Harraton, a township in Bourn Moor parish, Durham. The township lies on the river Wear, 3 miles from Washington station on the N.E. R. Post town and money order office, Fatfield; telegraph office, Washington station. Acreage, 2997; population, 2808. The manor belongs to the Earl of Durham, and has his seat, Lambton Castle, on an eminence-adjacent to the Wear. Coal is worked.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Civil parish | Chester le Street | |
Poor Law union | Chester-le-Street | |
Ward | Chester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Harraton from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Harraton 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: