Muggleswick, Durham
Historical Description
Muggleswick, a village and a parish, Durham, on the river Derwent, at the boundary with Northumberland, 3 miles WNW of Rowley station on the N.E.R., and 8½ N of Wolsingham. Post town, Blackhill (R.S.O.); money order office, Castleside; telegraph office, Blackhill. The parish includes the hamlet of Waskerley. Acreage, 12,432 of land and 38 of water; population, 362. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Durham. An ancient hunting-seat of the priors of Durham stood here in the valley of the Derwent, and a picturesque fragment of it still remains. A park 3 miles long and 2 wide was enclosed in the 13th century by Prior Hugh. An extensive upland tract in the S and the SW bears the name of Muggleswick Common. Lead ore containing some silver is plentiful. All the lead mines within 12 miles of Muggleswick Church were .granted for 21 years by Charles I. to the Duke of Buckingham. The south-eastern border of the parish is traversed by branches of the N.E.R., and shares in the mining industry of the Consett region. The reservoirs of the Consett Water Company are in this parish. The living is a vicarage in thediocese of Durham; net value, £310 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was rebuilt in 1869 on the site of the former one, and is a small building in the Early English style.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Poor Law union | Lanchester | |
Ward | Chester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Muggleswick from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Muggleswick)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Muggleswick 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: