Kyo, Durham

Historical Description

Kyo, a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Collieriy, Durham, with a station at Annfield Plain on the N.E.B.,. 9 miles NW by N of Durham. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office at Annfield Plain. Acreage, including Annfield Plain, 1795; population, 4520. There ar& large gasworks which supply gas to the neighbouring collieries. The parish church is in this township. Oxhill, a portion of the township of Kyo, is in the ecclesiastical parish of Beamish. The parish council consists of fifteen members. See COLLIEELY.

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 Kyo from the following:

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

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