Mordon, Durham

Historical Description

Mordon or Morden, a township in Sedgefield parish, Durham, on the river Skeme, 8 miles NE of Darlington and 2¼ from Sedgefield station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Ferry Hill. Acreage, 1570; population, 133. A small Wesleyan chapel was erected in 1892. Mordon Carr is a tract of bog land.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Mordon 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