Headlam, Durham

Historical Description

Headlam, a village and a township in Gainford parish, Durham, 7½ miles WNW from Darlington, and 1½ mile from <3ainford station on the N.E.E. Acreage, 808; population, 87.

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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	Gainford
Poor Law union	Teesdale
Ward	Darlington

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Headlam from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848 (Headlam)

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Land and Property

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

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Maps

Online maps of Headlam are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• 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)

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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