Shiney Row

Shiney Row is first depicted on the Greenwood map of County Durham surveyed between 1818 and 1819. While it doesn't appear on the Hobson map of 1840, the settlement marked on the Ordnance Survey First Edition of 1862, surveyed in 1857.
There is very little information regarding the origins and history of the village which appears to have expanded significantly by the mid-19th century. Shiney Row appears to have developed with the growth of extractive industries in this area during the later 18th century with the quarry, coal and windmill being evident in the early mapping. Inhabitants also worked at the Painshaw Colliery (Whitefield Pit) (HER 3099) to the north where Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet - the mining engineer and businessman - worked from c. 1820 - 1830.