Redworth, Durham
Historical Description
Redworth, a village and a township in Heighington parish, Durham, 7 miles NNW of Darlington, and 2 from Heighington station on the N.E.R., with a post office under Heighington (R.SO.); money order and telegraph office, New Shildon. Acreage, 1886; population, 522. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Redworth Hall is the property of the Surtees family. A Danish mount of observation, with a triple terrace, is at Shackerton. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Civil parish | Heighington | |
Poor Law union | Darlington | |
Ward | Darlington |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Redworth from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Redworth 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: