Witton Park & Spennymoor

[stockton]

  Please can any one tell me if Witton Park & Spennymoor are very far from each other and if many iron foundries existed in both or any of the areas around 1860 onwards, many thanks and all the best Derek

[danuslave]

Hi Derek

According to the route planner on

www.theaa.com

they're about 8 miles apart!

Can't help with the iron foundries I'm afraid   

Linda

[stockton]

  Brilliant  thanks so much, your answer may be of great help in my search for associated relatives, all the very best Derek

[stanmapstone]

Durham County Council has an excellent site for maps of County Durham from the 1850s up to the present day, with various types of search. You can zoom in and out and pan the maps.
Durham County Council's Geographic Information System (GIS) is an interactive mapping service which we have developed to enhance our website.  The GIS allows you to interact with both modern and historical maps of County Durham and the immediate surrounding areas.
http://gis.durham.gov.uk/website/interMAP/viewer.htm

Stan

[Ruskie]

Durham County Council has an excellent site for maps of County Durham from the 1850s up to the present day, with various types of search. You can zoom in and out and pan the maps.
Durham County Council's Geographic Information System (GIS) is an interactive mapping service which we have developed to enhance our website.  The GIS allows you to interact with both modern and historical maps of County Durham and the immediate surrounding areas.
http://gis.durham.gov.uk/website/interMAP/viewer.htm

Stan

This GIS mapping system is an excellent idea but I'm finding it difficult to use. Panning right took me to France, the scroll/panning tool doesn't work the same way the 'hand' usually does on maps, you need to know exactly where to make the box to 'enlarge' a particular area. 
I will persist as I think this is potentially very useful, but I'm not too impressed so far. Perhaps more practice and understanding of the GIS mapping foibles is required. 

[Ruskie]

Please can any one tell me if Witton Park & Spennymoor are very far from each other and if many iron foundries existed in both or any of the areas around 1860 onwards, many thanks and all the best Derek

There are Iron Works at both Tudhoe and Witton Park:
http://sites.google.com/site/waggonways/nz/10/nz1030
(Witton Park works are at 17/30 on the above map)

Don't know about dates I'm afraid though the 1842 beside Witton Park works may be significant.  I can't see an obvious 'key' to the maps but there's probably one somewhere.

[stanmapstone]

This GIS mapping system is an excellent idea but I'm finding it difficult to use. Panning right took me to France, the scroll/panning tool doesn't work the same way the 'hand' usually does on maps, you need to know exactly where to make the box to 'enlarge' a particular area. 
I will persist as I think this is potentially very useful, but I'm not too impressed so far. Perhaps more practice and understanding of the GIS mapping foibles is required. 

Have you looked at the help pages? http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=7073.

Stan

[Ruskie]

Not yet Stan.  But I'm heading there now. 

[mim]

You may find following site of interest:

http://www.durhamintime.org.uk/Witton/index.htm

mim