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Burnopfield, County Durham: People and Businesses of 1879

 Enjoy a glimpse of history through old images of Burnopfield, in County Durham, England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879


BURNOPFIELD, with the hamlets of LINTZ GREEN and CROOK GATE, was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1872 out of the parochial chapelry of Tanfield, civil parish of Chester-le-Street. Burnopfield is 7 miles south-west from Newcastle, in the Northern division of the county, middle division of Chester ward, Lanchester union, Shotley Bridge county court district, rural deanery of Chester, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham ; it is situated on the road from Shotley Bridge to Newcastle and Gateshead, and on the banks of the river Derwent. At Lintz Green, 2 miles west, is a station on the North Eastern railway. The church of St. James is of stone, in the Early English style, situated near Lintz Green, erected in 1872 : it consists of chancel, nave and south aisle, with bell cot and 1 bell : there are sittings for about 180 persons. The register dates from the year 1873. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £200, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and held by the Rev. Thomas Stirrup, of St. Bees. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists at Burnopfield. Here are two United Methodist chapels, one of which was erected in 1870. A Temperance Hall was erected at Leazes in 1872. A large paper mill at Lintz Ford is the property of Messrs. John Annandale and Sons. The chief landowners are the trustees of the late R. S. Surtees, esq. and Messrs. Laycock and Annandale. The soil is clay ; the subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats, and there is much pasture land.

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Burnopfield.—Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, receiver. Letters arrive from Newcastle-on-Tyne at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.45 p.m

National School, Lintz, John T. Addison, master

Railway Station, Lintz Green, Jas. Hood, station master

CONVEYANCE.—Coaches from Dipton to Gateshead ; & carriers pass through the village, daily

Annandale William Mitchell, Lintz ford

Clark Robert, Lintz green

Dickenson William, Priestfield lodge

Liddle Thomas, Grove house

Matthews Rev. Thomas Patrick [Catholic]

Stirrup Rev. Thomas [vicar]

Sutherland James

Watson Henry William, M.R.C.S

COMMERCIAL.

Adamson Isabella (Mrs.), Black Horse, & butcher

Annandale John & Sons, paper manufacturers, Lintz ford

Appleby William & Robt. cartwrights

Bailey George, innkeeper

Bowes John & Partners, colliery proprietors ; office, Quay, Newcastle

Burn Thomas, miller & farmer, Steel Close mill

Burnopfield Gas Co. Limited (Thomas Watson, sec)

Butterfield Robert, farmer, Lower Barcus Close

Callender William, farmer, Leazes

Charlton Thomas & John, timber mers

Charlton Thomas, farmer, Busty bank

Clark William, farmer, Low farm

Clarke Ralph, beer retailer, Leazes

Co-operative Store (Blaydon branch) (Robert Baker, manager)

Cuthbertson James, farmer, Crook bank

Cuthbertson Thomas, farmer & grocer

Dodds Ann (Mrs.), Sparrow

Dunn William & Edward, farmers, Low Friar side

Gooch George Henry, manager to the Lintz colliery, Leazes

Handcock Jane (Mrs) & Son, cartwrights & timber mers. Barcus close

Hetherington Matthew, beer retailer, Busty bank

Hunter William, boot & shoe maker

Kirkup David, bailiff to R. J. & R. Laycock, Lintz hall

Kyle Robert, grocer & hardwareman, Crook gate

Lynn Matthew, farmer, Clow dean

Maddison George, grocer

Mason George, overman, Burnopfield colliery

Murray Thomas George, charcoal manufacturer, Busty Bank mill

Murray Wm. farmer, High Friar side

Nevin William, grocer & butcher

Nichol James, builder

Parmella Ralph, farmer, Loft house

Rippon William Charles, innkeeper & farmer

Rowell Jacob, tailor, Clow dean

Smith George, road contractor

Smith Richardson, farmer, Crook bank

Smith Thomas, grocer & builder

Stokoe John, blacksmith, Sheep hill

Stones James, grocer & beer retailer, Busty bank

Sutherland James, surgeon, Sheep hill

Swinburn Wm. farmer, Waggon hill

Thompson John, farmer

Turnbull James, grocer, Leazes

Watson Henry William, surgeon

Watson Thomas, tailor



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Location: Burnopfield, Newcastle upon Tyne NE16, UK

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