Winlaton, Durham
Historical Description
Winlaton, a village, a township, and a parish in Durham. The village stands 1 mile SSW of Blaydon railway station; originated in extensive ironworks removed to it in 1690 from Sunderland by Sir A. Crawley; carries on the manufacture of anchors, anvils, chains, spades, shovels, edge-tools, files, and kindred articles; has several collieries and quarries, some extensive fire-brick works, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Blaydon-on-Tyne (R.S.O.) The township extends to the rivers Derwent and Tyne, and comprises 5128 acres of land and 145 of water; population, 10,390; of the ecclesiastical parish, 7151. The parish includes Chopwell township and the hamlets of Barlow and Winlaton Mill, and was part of Ryton parish till 1832. Winlaton Manor is divided among several persons, and Chopwell Manor belongs to the Marquis of Bute. Axwell Park forms a manor in itself, and is the seat of the Clavering family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham; net value, £270 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church was built in 1828, is in the Gothic style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, and embattled western tower; it contains several memorial windows. St John's is a chapel of ease at Chopwell; and there is a new church, dedicated to St Patrick, between it and the parish church of Winlaton. There are Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Winlaton St. Paul | |
Poor Law union | Gateshead | |
Ward | Chester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Winlaton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Winlaton (St. Paul))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Winlaton 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: