Ferryhill Village Atlas
Are you a resident of Ferryhill or the surrounding area? Do you want to find out more about your area? If so you may be interested in what was found by the Village Atlas project.
This project celebrated the historic environment of Ferryhill, using archaeology, historic buildings and landscapes. It linked with the biodiversity and geodiversity to provide a full understanding of the environment.
For more information or to get a hard copy of the Ferryhill Village Atlas Summary Document, please email the Ferryhill History Society at walltowall9@hotmail.com
Ferryhill Village Atlas Summary Document
The summary document will give you an overview of what has been found out about Ferryhill during the project. You can find out what interests you, and then look into the full Ferryhill Village Atlas for more information. Download Ferry Hill Atlas – Summary Document (PDF, 15Mb)
Ferryhill Village Atlas
The main version of the Ferryhill Village Atlas is available here for you to download. It is divided into five sections. If you want to read a full copy of the Atlas it is available from Ferryhill Library, Chilton Library, Ferryhill Town Council, Ferryhill History Society, Durham Central Library, and the local Schools.
- Cover, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Location and Landscape, Sources of Evidence & Feature on Historic Map Regression – Ferryhill Village Atlas 01 – From cover to sources of evidence (PDF, 22Mb)
- Geodiversity (Ian Kille) and Biodiversity (Ivan Dunn) – Ferryhill Village Atlas 02 – Geodiversity and Biodiversity (PDF, 5Mb)
- Historic Site Gazetteer, Historic Buildings (Peter Ryder), Communities in the Landscape and Feature on Farms – Ferryhill Village Atlas 03 – From Historic Sites to Farms (PDF, 20Mb)
- Historical Synthesis and Feature on the origin of the Clarence Railway (Michael Ord) – Ferryhill Village Atlas 04 – Historical Synthesis and Origin of the Clarence Railway (PDF, 28Mb)
- Conclusions & Recommendations for Future Work, Glossary, Bibliography and Appendix selected sources – Ferryhill Village Atlas 05 – From Conclusions to Back page (PDF, 480kb)