Preston on Tees, Durham

Historical Description

Preston-on-Tees, a village and a township in Stockton-npon-Tees parish, Durham, on the river Tees and the N.E.R., 3 miles SW of Stockton, and a quarter of a mile from Eagles-cliffe railway station. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Stockton. Acreage of township, 1136, of which 18 are water; population, 156. The Whinstone Dyke enters; Durham at this point. Preston Hall is the chief residence.

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 Preston on Tees from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Preston-upon-Tees)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Preston on Tees 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