The following links take you to records of the 'Yellow Pages' of their day, the Directories for the Tudhoe Area. They are held in the archives of Picture Spennymoor History, and are also searchable in the databases of Ancestry.co.uk., or on HistoricalDirectories.org
As well of being of interest to 'place' our ancestors in the village of their time, you may find the name of an ancestor there - if they had a particular trade or were 'of some standing'.
Kelly's directory, 1902
Whelan's directory, 1894
Use the search engine at Picture History Spennymoor to find a relative by name, or to browse the directories.
And here, a more modern-day version from the NationMaster Encyclopedia (there are many such pages!)
Also, you may find this book interesting - Dodds History of Spennymoor & Tudhoe, 1897. (read online, or download)
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