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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