Middridge Grange, Durham
Historical Description
Middridge Grange, a township chiefly in Auckland St Andrew parish, and partly in Heighington parish, Durham, 4 miles SE by S of Bishop Auckland, and about 1 mile from Shildon station on the N.E.R. Acreage, 977; population, 77. The Earl of Eldon is lord of the manor.
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 | Auckland St Andrew | |
| Poor Law union | Auckland | |
| Ward | Darlington |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Middridge Grange from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848 (Midridge-Grange)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Middridge Grange 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)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online: