Enjoy a glimpse of history about Bournmoor in County Durham, England, UK.
In the past, Bournmoor was known as Burnmoor.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
BURNMOOR is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1866 from the parishes of Chester-le-Street and Houghton-le-Spring, consisting of the townships of BURNMOOR, SOUTH BIDDICK and LAMBTON and part of HARRATON. Burnmoor is 1 mile north-east from Fence Houses station of the North Eastern railway, 3 miles north-west from Houghton-le-Spring and 3 east from Chester-le-Street, in the Northern division of the county and north division of Easington ward, Chester-le-Street union, Durham county court district, North Easington rural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The church of St. Barnabas was built at the sole charge of the Earl of Durham, in the year 1868, and is a handsome edifice in the Early English style, the material being brick of various colours, and consists of chancel, nave and aisle and has sittings for 300 persons, the seats being all free and unappropriated: the west window is stained, and bears the dedication — "To the glory of God, and in grateful and loving remembrance of Beatrix Frances, Countess of Durham, by parishioners and persons attending this church." The register dates from the year 1868. The living is a rectory, yearly value £403, in the gift of the Earl of Durham and held by the Rev. Alfred Merle Norman, M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, who is also chaplain to the Earl of Durham. In the churchyard stands a most beautiful cross, of Irish limestone, in memory of the late Countess of Durham; this cross is an exact reproduction, in form and proportion, of the finest of the ancient Irish crosses, that of Monasterboice; and the intricate and elaborate ornamentations are all after the choicest of old Irish examples: the height of the cross is 20 feet. Bowes House, in this parish, formerly in the possession of the Bowes family, is now the property of the Earl of Durham.
BURNMOOR is one of the townships in the parish of Burnmoor, in which there is a colliery belonging to, and worked on a very extensive scale by, the Earl of Durham; there are also coke ovens and brick factories. The Earl of Durham is the lord of the manor and chief landowner. The area is 512 acres; rateable value, £6,134; the population in 1871 was 1,206. The village
36 BURNMOOR. DURHAM. [POST OFFICE]
are BURNMOOR (or Wapping) and NEW LAMBTON, where there are chapels belonging to the Wesleyans and Wesleyan Association. There are schools for both sexes, built and supported by the Earl of Durham.
Parish Clerk, George Gray.
Letters arrive from Fence Houses, which is the nearest money order office
Schools (boys & girls), Thomas Legg, master ; Miss Elizabeth Hodge, mistress ; Miss Jane Tate, infants' mistress
CARRIER TO NEWCASTLE.—Thomas Robson, tuesday, thursday & saturday
Lambton is a township in the parish of Burnmoor, 1 mile west from the Fence Houses station of the North Eastern railway and 2 east-north-east from Chester-le-Street, situated on the river Wear, near the road from Durham to Newcastle. Lambton Castle, the seat of the Earl of Durham, has been for many generations the residence of the Lambton family, one of the most ancient in England, and who still retain the seat whence their name is derived : it is situated on a commanding eminence on the north bank of the river Wear, and is a magnificent and imposing edifice : the park is very extensive, with the river Wear flowing through it, interspersed with extensive woods, plantations, hills and dales : the first Earl of Durham was the celebrated statesman better known as John George Lambton. The Earl of Durham is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil and subsoil are clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. There is much pasture land here. The acreage is 652 ; rateable value, £1,881 ; the population in 1871 was 148.
HOUGHTON GATE is a hamlet 2 miles east from Chester-le-Street.
Letters through Fence Houses, which is the nearest money order office
South Biddick is a small township in the parish of Burnmoor, and forming a part of the extensive civil parish of Houghton-le-Spring, situate on the south bank of the river Wear, and about 1 mile south-west from the Pensher station of the North Eastern railway. Biddick Hall, the residence of Henry Thomas Morton, esq. J.P. is a handsome edifice, approached by a drive, with entrance lodges and gates. The Earl of Durham is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The acreage is 351 ; rateable value, £2,822 ; the population in 1871 was 51.——Letters arrive from Fence Houses. Shiney Row is the nearest money order office.
Burnmoor.
Baxter John, New Lambton
Hendry Thomas, Boundary cottage
Millican Thomas, Boundary house
Norman Rev. Alfred Merle, M.A. rector (Rectory)
Steward William, Bowes house
Tully John, Bowes house
COMMERCIAL.
Atkinson Mary & Elizabeth (Misses), grocers & drapers
Burnmoor Colliery
Harrison Mary (Mrs.), grocer
Langton Thomas, farmer & butcher
Nisbet James Brodie, veterinary surgeon, Bowes house
Oswald Peter, farmer
Parkinson Mary (Mrs.), grocer
Steward William, land agent to Earl of Durham, Bowes house
Todd William, Board
Wright Robert, grocer
Lambton.
Durham Earl of, Lambton castle
Gilchrist Charles
South Biddick.
Calvert John Brooksbank
Morton Henry Thomas, J.P. chief agent to the Earl of Durham, Biddick hall
Colliery & Estate Offices of the Earl of Durham
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