Publications
Status: In progress - 4 volumes produced to date
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Other initiatives, including our England's Past for Everyone Paperback, Sunderland and its Origins: Monks to Mariners
Available publications:
Durham I - William Page
Natural History, Early Man, Anglo-Saxon Remains, St Cuthberts Shrine, Boldon Book, Ancient Earthworks, History of Schools
Durham II - William Page
Ecclesiastical History, Religious Houses, Political History, Social and Economic History, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Sport
Durham III - William Page
City of Durham
Stockton Ward
Billingham, Bishop Middleham, Bishopton, Crayke, Low Dinsdale, Egglescliffe, Elton, Elwick Hall, Greatham, Grindon, Hart, Hartlepool, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Long Newton, Norton, Redmarshall, Sedgefield, Sockburn, Stainton, Stockton-on-Tees, Stranton
Durham IV - Gillian Cookson
This latest volume in the Victoria Country History of Durham (the first for over eighty years) presents a study of the township of Darlington, part of the parish of the same name. It traces the history of Darlington from the earliest times: a small Anglo-Saxon settlement becoming a flourishing bishop's borough in the middle ages; its growth as an important staging post on the Great North Road during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; and the town's prosperity during the nineteenth century, reinforced by its situation on the railway network. The story is taken up to the present time, with accounts of Darlington's social, political, topographical and economic history. The latter includes thorough accounts of major industries, including iron and engineering, leather, and the little-known but highly significant worsted and linen manufacturing industries.
Also available in the VCH Studies (paperback) series
The Townscape of Darlington
Gillian Cookson & Christine M. Newman, Graham R. Potts
Contents
- Darlington before 1600
- The growth of a market town, 1600-1800
- Urban and suburban Darlington, 1800-1914
- The architects of 19th-century Darlington
- Building materials and the building industry
- The modern town, 1914-2000
