Ryhope, Durham

Historical Description

Ryhope, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Bishop Wearmouth parish, Durham. The village stands on the coast, 2¼ miles S by E of Sunderland; was anciently called Refhope; is a sea-bathing resort; has stations on the N.E.R. and the Seaham and Sunderland railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Sunderland. The township is partly in the county borough of Sunderland, contains also the village of Ryhope Colliery, about a mile to the W, and comprises 1583 acres of land and 180 of water; population, 7541. The manor belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There are extensive colliery works. A dene 2 miles long, traversed by a rushing stream, goes down to the village. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1854, and includes the township of Burdon. Population, 7666. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church, built in 1870, consists of chancel, nave, S aisle, S transept, and a tower, and contains several memorial windows. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels, a place of worship for Christian Lay Brethren, and Salvation Army barracks; also a bank, a miners' hall, and a police station.

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 Ryhope from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Ryhope 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