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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Shotton Colliery like this:
Shotton Colliery, vil., in par. and 2 miles S. of Easington, Durham; P.O. See SHOTTON.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Shotton Colliery by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Shotton | 0 | 2 |
| Easington | 0 | 3 |
| Wheatley Hill | 0 | 1 |
| Castle Eden | 0 | 3 |
| Haswell | 0 | 2 |
| Shadforth | 0 | 2 |
| Thornley | 0 | 2 |
| Knights Hole | 0 | 2 |
| Wingate | 0 | 2 |
| Horden | 0 | 2 |
| South Hetton | 0 | 2 |
| Hawthorn | 0 | 2 |
| Hutton Henry | 0 | 2 |
| Cassop | 0 | 2 |
| Kelloe | 0 | 2 |
| Cold Hesledon | 0 | 3 |
| May Stack | 0 | 1 |
| East Murton | 0 | 3 |
| Hulam | 0 | 2 |
| Monk Hesleden | 0 | 2 |