Moorsley, Durham

Historical Description

Moorsley, a township in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durham, 4f miles NE of Durham, and U mile from Hetton station on the N.E.E. Post town, Fence Houses; telegraph office, Hetton-le-Hole. Acreage, 603; population, 1108. The Dean and Chapter of Durham are lords of the manor. Some of the inhabitants are employed in collieries, quarries, and firebrick works. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels and a mission chapel.

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 Moorsley from the following:

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

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