Monkton, Durham

Historical Description

Monkton, a village forming part of Hedworth, Monkton, and Jarrow township, Jarrow parish, Durham, 1 mile SW of Jarrow station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Jarrow-on-Tyne. It disputes with Bede's Hill and with Sunderland the claim of being the birthplace of the Venerable Bede, and has a spring, called Bede's Well, which was long a superstitious resort for the benefit of diseased or infirm children. There are a chapel of ease, erected in 1881 as a memorial to the Venerable Bede, and a United Methodist chapel. See HEDWORTH.

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 Monkton from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Monkton 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