Durham E-Theses Some aspects of the urban geography of Chester le Street and Houghton le Spring and other small urban settlements in north Durham Nadur, George A. How to cite: Nadur, George A. (1967) Some aspects of the urban geography of Chester le Street and Houghton le Spring and other small urban settlements in north Durham, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/8790/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 r SOME ASPECTS OF THE URBAN GEOGRAPHY OF CHESTER LE STREET AND HOUGHTON LE SPRING AND OTHER SMALL URBAN SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH DURHAM by George A. Nadur (Grey) B.A. London Submitted in candidature for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Durham February 1967 (i) TABLE OF CONTENTS page Table of Contents i Acknowledgements iv Introduction 1 SECTION 1 PART A Chapter 1 Durham Coalfield 9 Migration 12 Employment Structure 18 Mining settlements 23 Chapter 2 Pre-1939 evolution of Houghton le Spring and Chester le Street 26 Pre- 19th century 26 1801 - 1831 31 1831 - 1851 37 1851 - 1875 46 1875 - 1914 57 Inter-war period 64 Chapter 3 Character of the towns c.