Place:Penshaw, Durham, England

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NamePenshaw
Alt namesPainshawsource: Family History Library Catalog
Penshersource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeParish
Coordinates54.878857°N 1.488159°W
Located inDurham, England
Also located inHoughton-le-Spring, Durham, England    
Tyne and Wear, England    
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Penshaw was historically part of the parish of Houghton le Spring in County Durham. From 1866 it became a civil parish in its own right. In 1937 the parish of Penshaw was abolished, being absorbed back into the parish of Houghton le Spring (apart from a small area which was transferred to the neighbouring parish of Offerton).Vision of Britain, accessed 12 Aug 2013.

Painshaw in 1837 Painshaw or Panshaw lies at some distance north of Houghton, on the banks of the Wear, at the western foot of a conical hill, Painshaw Hill : it is almost entirely occupied by persons connected with the collieries and stone quarries, the opening of which latter occasioned a considerable increase of population from 1821 to 1831 There is a chapel of ease, a plain convenient building, the minister of which is appointed by the rector of Houghton.[1]


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The village of Penshaw , formerly known as Painshaw or Pensher, is an area of the metropolitan district of the City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically, Penshaw was located in County Durham.

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