Brandon and Byshottles, County Durham: People and Businesses in 1879

 Enjoy a glimpse of history about Brandon and Byshottles in County Durham, England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

 

BRANDON and BYSHOTTLES form a township in the civil parish of Brancepeth, and comprises the colliery villages of Brandon, Langley, Littleburn, Browney, New Brancepeth and Waterhouses, with a number of widely scattered farms, and has a station at Brandon Colliery on the Sunderland and Barnard Castle branch of the North Eastern railway, also a station at Waterhouses on the Durham and Deerness Valley branch. It reaches from 2 1/2 to 5 miles south-west from Durham, 3 from Sedgfield, and 262 from London, and is bounded on the north-west by the river Deerness ; it is divided into three wards, east, centre, and west, for the purpose of administration by a Local Board ; the west ward is, for ecclesiastical purposes, a curacy, worked from Brancepeth ; the centre and east wards were, in December, 1877, constituted a separate parish by Order in Council, under the name of the District Chapelry of St. John the Evangelist : it forms now part of the rural deanery of Darlington northern division, in the archdeaconry diocese, union and county court district of Durham. The church of St. John the Evangelist is a handsome Gothic building, the tracery in the larger windows being especially beautiful : it was erected in the year 1875, and consists of a spacious chancel, nave, with organ chamber and perfect choir arrangements, stalls and sedilia. The grounds around the church are laid out with great care and neatness. The registers date from December, 1877. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Rector of Brancepeth, and is now held by its first vicar, the Rev. Joseph Lawson, M.A. of Bishop Hatfield Hall, Durham. In connection with St. John’s church there is a private cemetery, with cemetery chapel, at the village of Brandon. In the same village are Church schools. The colliery school at Sleetburn is used as a mission chapel on Sunday afternoons. There are three Church Sunday schools in the parish. The Wesleyan Methodist New Connexion and the Primitive Methodists have well-built chapels in the township. The collieries are extensively worked in this township ; sanitary pipes, fire brick, and building bricks are made here. Viscount Boyne is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is various, principally loam and gravel, but in some parts clay ; subsoil the same. The chief crops are all kinds of cereals and grass. Acreage, 6,827 ; rateable value, £40,980 ; the population in 1851 was 525 ; 1861, 1,486 ; and in 1871, 4,273, owing to the collieries worked here by Messrs. Strakers and Love, the North Brancepeth Colliery Co. and the New Brancepeth Colliery Co. Collieries are also worked by Messrs. Bell Brothers, and Joseph Pease and Partners.

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Brandon Colliery. Richard Render, sub-postmaster. Letters from Durham arrive at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.45 p.m.

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Langley Moor.—Edward Usher, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Durham at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.15 p.m.

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Waterhouses.—Henry Johnson, sub-postmaster. Letters from Durham arrive at 10.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 3.15 p.m

WALL LETTER BOX, Brandon village, cleared at 4.45 p.m

WALL LETTER BOX, Meadow field, cleared at 5 p.m

WALL LETTER BOX, Sleetburn, cleared at 4 p.m

Brandon & Byshottles Local Board, John George Wilson, clerk, Durham ; assistant overseer, William Hall

SCHOOLS:—

Church of England, Brandon village, Alfd. Hubbard, mastr

Brandon Colliery, Thomas Ralph Hepple, master

North Brancepeth Colliery, John Walton, master

New Brancepeth Colliery, Samuel Pilling, master

Waterhouses Colliery, Nathan Raw, master

St. Patrick’s, Littleburn, Miss Margaret Walsh, mistress

RAILWAY STATIONS :—

Brandon Colliery, Patrick Calligan, master

Waterhouses, John Raw, master

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Cooke John, Langley Old hall

Le Page John Fisher, Meadowfield ho

Stewart Peter, Langley moor

COMMERCIAL.

Alderson Harrison, butcher, Sleetburn

Angus Oliver, farmer & landowner, Unthank

Bamling Nicholas, grnger. Langley moor

Baxter Thomas, joiner, Langley moor

Bee Thomas & Ralph, greengrocers, Waterhouses

Bell Brothers Limited, coal & iron masters, Browney colliery

Bell George, medical botanist, Langley

Best James, greengrocer, Langley moor

Bewley Samuel, New Brancepeth hotel, Sleetburn

Boal James, shopkeeper, Langley

Bramley William, farm bailiff to New Brancepeth Colliery Co. Sleetburn

Brandon & Boyne Co-operative Society (Henry Davis, man.), Langley moor

Brown John, grocer, Browney colliery

Brown Wm. beer retir. Browney colliery

Brownless Henry, farmer, Waterhouses

Burnip Thomas, clothier, Langley moor

Burns John, farmer, Old Iveslaw

Button Edward & Thomas, farmers, Heslet house

Button Margaret (Mrs), Black Horse, Waterhouses

Button Martin, grocer, Waterhouses

Button William, farmer, New Iveslaw

Clark Benjamin, Shafto Arms, Langley moor

Clough Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Browney colliery

Coates David, painter, Langley moor

Co-operative Society (Joseph Nicholson, manager), Sleetburn

Co-operative Society (branch of Crook), (John Parkinson, manager), Waterhouses

Coulson Robert Cummins, farmer, Burnigill house

Coulton Thomas, butcher, Langley moor

Cowell Richard, grocer, Waterhouses

Coxon Saml. Stag’s Head, Waterhouses

Craggs Jno. Wm. grocer, Brandon colliery

Crofton Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Littleburn

Cummins Benj. shopkpr. Langley moor

Davison William, beer retailer, Langley

Deerness Brick & Tile Co. brick & tile makers (John Dilks, manager), Waterhouses

Dodds James Jackson, blacksmith

Dorward David, shopkpr. Meadowfield

Dunn Catherine (Mrs.), Red Lion, Brandon colliery

Edmoundson Jas. shopkeepr. Meadowfield

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Elliott Catherine (Mrs.), farmer, Pringle house

Elliott George, farmer, West Brandon

Ellis William, butcher, Waterhouses

Emmerson Wm. tailor, Langley moor

Ferguson Jno. shpkpr. Browney colliery

Firmston Wm. shoe ma. Browney colliery

Fishwick Rowland, grocer, Littleburn

Forster Fras. butcher, Brandon colliery

Franks Robert, Brancepeth Castle, Meadowfield

Gardner Richd. beer retir. Langley moor

Gibson Wm. watch maker, Langley moor

Green Jsph. & Son, drapers, Langley moor

Gregson Thos. & Robt. farmers, Old hall

Guy Geo. greengrocer, Langley moor

Hall John, farmer, Langley farm

Hall John, hair dresser, Meadowfield

Hall Thomas, shoe maker, Waterhouses

Hall William, assistant overseer

Hardy Joseph, grocer, Langley moor

Harland John Walton, boot & shoe maker, Brandon colliery

Harle Richard, colliery viewer, Browney colliery

Hayton Alfred, tailor, Langley moor

Hepworth George, farmer

Hewitson Jane (Mrs.), farmer

Hodgson Thomas, grocer, &c. Sleetburn

Hopper Jonathan, Langley moor inn, Langley moor

Houstin Wm. shoemaker, Langley moor

Howie Robt. shopkeeper, Langley moor

Hull Robert, farmer, Bail hill

Hunter Robert, wheelwright

Hunter Robson, grocer, Langley

Hurst & White, builders, Langley moor

Hurst Charles, joiner, Langley moor

Hutchinson Geo. wtch. ma. Langley moor

Innes John, shopkeeper, Langley moor

Jackson John, farmer, Waterhouses

Johnson James, shopkeeper, Langley

Jones Wm. Boyne hotel, Langley moor

Kell William, hair dresser, Langley moor

Kirton Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Hill house

Lamb Thomas, grocer, Brandon colliery

Law Benjamin, farmer, Fall's close

Leckonby Thomas, news agent, Brandon colliery

Lee William, builder

Lishman John J. resident manager of Brandon colliery

Lomas Jas. Wright, grocer, Meadowfield

Long Robert, Three Tuns

McKean Danl. greengrer. Langley moor

McKean Edwd. shpkpr. Brandon colliery

Madgin John Jopson, butcher, Brandon colliery

Madgin Thomas, butcher, Langley moor

Martin John, Station ho. Langley moor

Midland Wm. shoemkr. Browney colliery

Moore William, farmer, Brandon hall

Morgan George, grocer & tailor

Morrell Thomas, farmer, Standalone

Mortimer Wm. Sunderland Bridge inn

Moss John, Littleburn ho. Langley moor

Mowbray John, butcher, Langley moor

Musgrave John, draper, Meadowfield

New Brancepeth Colliery Co. (Abraham Pearson, resident manager)

Nicholson Wm. shoemkr. Waterhouses

North Brancepeth Coal Co. Limited (Robert Thompson, agent; James L. Moreland, man.), Littleburn colliery

Norwood Alfred, boot & shoe maker, Langley moor

Orchard Thomas, grocer, Langley moor

Pearson Abraham, colliery viewer, Sleetburn

Pease Joseph & partners, coal owners (John George Crofton, viewer), Waterhouses colliery

Proud Joseph, shopkeeper, Littleburn

Raw John, stationmaster, Waterhouses

Rayner George Frederick, assistant surgeon, Meadowfield

Regan Sarah (Mrs.), pawnbrokr. Langley

Render Richd. draper, Brandon colliery

Richardson Wm. earthenware dealer, Langley moor

Robinson Thomas, Railway inn, Langley moor

Robinson Wm. butcher, Langley moor

Robson Edward, grazier, Sleetburn

Robson John, shpkpr. Browney colliery

Rowe Jacob, shpkpr. Brandon colliery

Rutter William, stone merchant; residence, Crossgate moor

Salkeld George Walter, stationer, Langley moor

Scott Robert, shoe maker, Langley moor

Shaw Wm. Victoria hotel, Langley moor

Smith John, grnger. Browney colliery

Smith Joseph Charles, wine & spirit vaults, Littleburn

Smith William, grnger. Langley moor

Snaith Francis, grocer, &c. Sleetburn

Stewart Peter, surgeon, Langley moor

Story Robt. Smithson, frmr. Stob farm

Strakers & Love, coal owners & coke burners, Brandon colliery

Stubbs Jsph. shoemaker, Langley moor

Teasdale Rd. marine store dealer, Sleetburn

Thompson Geo. cabinet ma. Meadowfield

Thompson Thomas, draper, Langley

Thornton George, Bay Horse

Thornton Thomas, grocer

Upson Jno. newsagt. Browney colliery

Usher Edward, grocer & draper & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants, Langley moor

Vann Samuel Richard, grocer, Littleburn

Vasey James, grocer, Waterhouses

Vasey Jhn. Jackson, joiner, Waterhouses

Wallace Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Primrose side

Walsh John, Shoulder of Mutton

Waugh Joseph, farmer, Red barn

Wilkinson Francis, shopkpr. Littleburn

Wilkinson Wm. butcher, Waterhouses

Willan Agnes & Sarah (Misses), drapers, Sleetburn

Williams John James, drpr. Meadowfield

Williamson Jsph. blcksm. Langley moor

Wilson Jsph. Hy. shpkpr. Browney collry

Witty & Co. carmen, Meadowfield

Wray Robt. Brandon inn, Brandon col

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BROOM is a township in the parish of St. Oswald, Durham, and in the mid division of the hundred of Chester and union and county court district of Durham, 3 miles west from Durham and 4 south from Witton Gilbert station. Bear Park is a populous colliery district: a church is now in course of erection: commodious Board schools were erected in 1877. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Dean and Chapter of Durham and Ushaw College. The soil is loam and clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 1,029 acres; rateable value £5,821; and the population in 1871 was 151. — Letters by foot post from Durham arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is Durham.

Cochrane Brodie, Aldin grange

Anderson Christopher, grocer, Bear pk

Bearpark Brancepeth Coal & Coke Co. (Benjamin Dodd, manager)

Binns Ellen (Mrs.), paper manufacturer

Bowron George, shoe maker, Bearpark

Coxon John, farm bailiff to Herbert Robson, esq

Dawson Thomas, Flass inn

Dodd Benjamin, resident manager of Bearpark Brancepeth Coal & Coke Co

Ellis Mark, shopkeeper, Bear park

Goodfellow Isabella (Mrs.), grocer

Headley John, cowkeeper

Henrici Joseph, Love's hotel

Hepworth John, butcher

Holmes Thos. Robert, butcher, Bearpark

Mosley William, grocer

Oates William, shoe maker, Bearpark

Pattison Anthny, frmr. Aldin Grange frm

Proctor Elizabeth (Mrs.), Dog & Gun

Raine Nicholas, grocer, Bearpark

Richardson Matthew, farmer

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