Enjoy a glimpse of history about Byers Green, in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
of BINCHESTER, constitutes the ecclesiastical parish of Byers Green, the whole being in the Southern division of the county, ward of Darlington, union and county court district of Bishop Auckland, rural deanery of Darlington north, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The church of St. Peter was consecrated July 10th, 1845 : it is a plain stone building in the Early English style, with a good deal of stained glass, and some good painting and carving. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham, yearly value £450, and held by the Rev. Robert E. Hooppell, LL.D. of St. John’s College, Cambridge, F.R.A.S. The rectory house adjoins the church. There are National schools for boys, girls and infants. There is a chapel of the Wesleyan Methodists, one of the Primitive Methodists and a reading-room. Near the centre of the village is the house in which Thomas Wright, a famous mathematician of the last century, resided, which was built by him, and of which the "Gentleman's Magazine" for March, 1793, contains a full description. The population of the village is about 1,500, mostly employed in mining and agriculture. The minerals are the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who are also considerable landowners in the township. The mines are leased to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Limited. In various places near Byers Green the remains of old paved roads are from time to time come upon at a certain depth below the present surface of the ground. Byers Green is much isolated from the surrounding neighbourhood in consequence of the absence of any bridge over the Wear, which forms the boundary of the township for a considerable distance : access is given to the opposite bank of the river by a ferry boat, which plies regularly. In June, 1878, a branch of the North Eastern railway to Spennymoor and Ferryhill was opened for passenger traffic : the station is at Todd Hills.
Newfield, a village and township, in the parish of BYERS GREEN, 3 miles north-by-west of Bishop Auckland, is inhabited almost entirely by miners. The minerals are the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who are also considerable landowners in the township : the mines are leased to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Limited. Here are a very large number of coke ovens, also a manufactory of fire bricks. The population is about 1,500. There is no church, but Divine service is held in the National school, which is fitted up as a temporary church, and which holds on the week days about 150 children. Here is also an infants' school. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here. Near the centre of the village is the old manor house, now divided into two residences, occupied respectively by the manager of the mines and by the farmer of the adjacent land. Two railway bridges connect the village with the opposite bank of the Wear, and give access to the railway stations at Willington and Hunwick.
Parish Clerk, John Hodgson.
Sexton, Thomas Howe.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Miss Isabella Purdy, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Spennymoor at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.50 p m
SCHOOLS :—
National, John Hodgson, master ; Miss Barbara Ferry, girls' mistress ; Miss Eliza H. Smith, infants' mistress
National, Newfield, G. T. Hunter, master ; Miss E. Barlow, infants' mistress
Railway Station, Todd Hills, Wm. Manners, statn.master
Binchester, a township containing a few scattered farm houses, mostly in the parish of Byers Green, but partly also in that of St. Andrew Auckland, situated to the north of Bishop Auckland, at a distance of from one to two miles, is chiefly remarkable for the famous Roman station of Vinovium, and which is situated on a lofty eminence overlooking the Wear at a distance of one mile north of the town of Bishop Auckland : the remains of this celebrated station are very conspicuous, and have been recently extensively explored through the public spirit and munificence of John Proud, esq. of Bishop Auckland, who has traced the great Roman road, known in the county of Durham as the Watling street, right through the station, and has uncovered the lower walls and floors of numerous buildings : the hypocausts discovered here are the finest and most perfect in the north of England, and the collection of antiquities made during the exploration, and which is to be presented shortly to the University of Durham, is a very extensive and interesting one. The site of the Roman station and the surrounding land is the property of the Bishop of Durham, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are large landowners in this township. The township contains also the romanti
Byers Green.
Hooppell Rev. Robert Eli, LL.D., F.R.A.S. [rector], Rectory
McKane George Oliphant, M.D. Byers Green hall
Mitchel Thomas, Byers Green house
Robinson Rev. George [curate of Whitworth]
Sennar Robert
Tatham Rev. Thomas Crowther, B.A. [curate]
COMMERCIAL.
Bell Robert, brick & tile manufacturer
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Limited, colliery owners (Thomas Mitchel, resident viewer)
Booth Thomas, Marquis of Granby
Dakers Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer & drapr
Davison James, beer retailer
Dawson John, fruiterer
Eland Isaac, grocer
Eley James, general dealer
French John, blacksmith
Haggie William, farmer
Hann Thomas, bird stuffer
Harrison John, carpenter & wheelwright
Harrison Thomas, grocer
Hodgson Hackworth, stone mason
Hodgson John, coal master
Hutchinson Thomas, tailor
Kellett William, draper
Lamb William, grocer
Lightfoot Henry, butcher
M'Donald John, farmer
McKane George Oliphant, surgeon & physician, Byers Green hall
Patterson Thomas, farmer
Platts Thomas, grocer
Purdy Isabella (Miss), grocer & draper
Reading Room (Thomas Shaw, sec)
Rhodes Richd. (trustees of), Shafto Arms
Robinson Joseph, butcher
Sennar Robert, surgeon & physician
Stephen George, Victoria
Stevenson James, assistant overseer
Todds Joseph, butcher & farmer
Todds Thomas, butcher
Warhurst John, news agent
Watford John, farmer
Watson Alice (Mrs.), Royal Oak
Binchester.
Proud John T
Dodds Edwd. farmer, Binchester whinns
Hutchinson Jhu. farmr. Binchester crags
Proud William, farmer, Binchester ldg
Newfield.
Barron Elizabeth (Mrs.), Queen's Head
Hall Mark, colliery manager
Hutchinson John, jun. farmer
Hutchinson Thomas, jun. farmer
Newton Surtees, grocer & draper
Robinson Thomas. Fox & Hounds
Stubb Hall, farmer
Todd Hills.
Willis Mrs
Blair James, farmer
Dakers Margaret (Mrs.), Station hotel
Manners William, station master
Natrass Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Robinson Ralph, butcher & farmer
Scurfield John, Railway tavern
Snowball Hackworth, farmer
Wilkinson Henry, farmer
CASSOP-cum-QUARRINGTON is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1865 from the parish of Kelloe, and comprises HENGHALL, QUARRINGTON HILL and OLD and NEW CASSOP, all of which are on elevated spots and command extensive views of the surrounding country : it is in the Northern division of the county, south division of Easington ward, union and county court district of Durham, rural deanery of South Easington southern division, archdeaconry and diocese of Durha
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