In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shiney Row like this:
SHINEY-ROW, a hamlet in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durham; 2 miles NW of Houghton. It is inhabited chiefly by coal-miners; and it has a post-office under Fence-Houses, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and an endowed school.
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Shiney Row through time
Shiney Row is now part of Sunderland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sunderland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shiney Row itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shiney Row, in Sunderland and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25672
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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