Newton Bewley, Durham

Historical Description

Newton Bewley, a township in Wolviston ecclesiastical parish, Billingham civil parish, Durham, 5½ miles NNE of Stockton-upon-Tees, and 2¼ from Billingham station on the N.E.R. Post town, Stockton; money order office, Wolviston; telegraph office, Norton. Acreage, 1564; population, 126. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Durham. A seat and an entrenched court-house of the Prior of Durham were here.

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 Newton Bewley from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Newton Bewley 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