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Chester-le-Street is one of County Durham’s oldest markets towns and is famous for the Shrove Tuesday football match, which probably had its origins in medieval times.
This was the resting place of St Cuthbert for more than a century and was later home to a thriving coal industry, but today the town is best known for its cricket club.
Old Postcard of Shrove Tuesday
The old postcard shows huge crowds packed into the town's centre on a Shrove Tuesday. Notice the boards across all the shop windows, protecting them from the very rough game of football that took place in these streets each year.
Old postcard of Shrove Tuesday Football at Chester-Le-Street, thanks to Mark Crombie who uploaded thousands of vintage postcards to FlikrOld Photos of Chester-le-Street
Colin Carr spent a lot of time collating old photographs of the town and creating videos from them. The titles available on YouTube, free to view, include:
Chester-le-Street: The Way It Used To Be
Chester-le-Street Part 2
Old Chester-le-Street
We Love Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street Back Then
Floods in Chester-le-Street
“Looking back at the floods in Chester le Street. Hopefully they are a thing of the past with the new work going on. Which will be finished early 2020.”
Colin Carr
In The 1920s
Lent Football In Chester-le-Street (1925)
In 1925 British Pathé recorded the historic football game which celebrated the advent of Lent.
In this vintage film we see the Red Lion Inn, Taylors Chemists, and lots of eager participants trying to get their hands on the ball.
Lent Football In Chester-le-Street (1927)
In 1927 British Pathé was back again for the football game.
"All through the town. Advent of Lent celebrated with Centuries-old Shrovetide Football Game. The tradespeople take no risk."
The archive film opens with shopkeepers boarding up their shop windows with wooden batons. A good indication of how rough this game gets!
Next, the street is crowded with people. Suddenly, there's a charge forward.
Now young men in winter coats and jackets run alongside a stream. They 're all chasing a ball. It goes to and fro, in the mass free for all.
Crowds of spectators watch from the river sides and the bridge.
“Note : Winter madness as chaps mess about in freezing water chasing a ball!”
The 1960s & 1970s
Chester-le-Street Bus Depot, 1966
A familiar local landmark back in 1966.
Bygone Chester-le-Street
Scenes from Chester le Street in the 20th century, possibly the late 1960s.
Local Buses In the 1990s
YouTube channel DaveSpencer32 uploads clips of DVDs for sale. These two local clips from the 1990s can be viewed for free:
CHESTER LE STREET BUSES 1997
CHESTER LE STREET BUSES 1999
Into the 21st Century
Galleries Washington to Chester-le-Street, 2010
The route for Bus 50 from the Galleries Washington to Chester-le-street actually took just over 13 minutes, but has been slightly sped up to 10 minutes. Recorded in April 2010.
Chester-le-Street Railway Station, 2011
A short film showing the railway station on 6th January 2011.
Chester-le-Street Regatta, 2011
Recording of the Regatta held on Saturday 16th April 2011 at Riverside Park.
Chester-le-Street Xarxa Teatra, 2011
On 14th July 2011 the Xarxa Teatre event was filmed in Chester-le-Street, Co.Durham, in conjunction with Brass 2011 and the Chester-le-Street Area Action Partnership. The event also featured Las Calle Es Nuestra and Les Trains Savates.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
CHESTER-LE-STREET is an extensive and populous parish and town, and head of a union, having a station on the North Eastern railway. The small and ancient town of Chester-le-Street is pleasantly situated, partly in a valley and partly on a gentle acclivity rising from north to south, and consists of one broad street nearly half a mile in length, the houses being irregularly built : it is 6 miles north from Durham, 8 south from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 8 east from Lanchester, 10 southwest from Sunderland, and 262 from London, on the old Roman road from Durham to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the river Wear skirting it on the east, and receiving a small river which runs through the town : it is a polling place for the northern division of the county, in the middle division of Chester ward, in the county court district of Durham, rural deanery of Chester, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The town is lighted with gas, well supplied with water, has several well-fitted shops, and two good hotels, the 'Lambton Arms' and 'Queen's Head,' both posting houses. The church of SS. Mary and Cuthbert is a stone edifice, dating from 1200, and has a chancel, nave, aisles and tower, surmounted by a handsome spire 156 feet high, having 3 bells and a clock ; there is an organ : the interior has 14 life-size monuments to the ancient barons of Lumley, from the time of Edward the Confessor down to the reign of Elizabeth, and there are several handsome stained windows. The register dates from the year 1582. The living is a rectory, yearly value £442, in the gift of the trustees of the Byron and Jolliffe families alternately, and held by the Rev. William Octavius Blunt, M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge. The National school is under Government inspection. There are Congregational, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels ; and the Wesleyans have a chapel at Chester Moor. The proceeds of several small charities are distributed amongst the poor of their respective townships by the clergymen and church-
40 CHESTER-LE-STREET. DURHAM. [POST OFFICE]
wardens. In 1862 a co-operative society was established, which has proved a great success; in 1869 a large hall was erected for carrying on the business, which is very extensive, and for holding public meetings. The gas works are situated in Chester-Burn. A reservoir, erected in 1856, a little westward of the town, contains a good supply of water. Coal is obtained in great abundance in the neighbourhood, and many railways have been formed through this extensive parish for its conveyance to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland, North and South Shields, and the neighbouring ports. There are also extensive steam confectionery works, called the 'Stag Confectionery,' a brewery and corn mill. The Mechanics' Institute and Reading-rooms were established in 1826, under the patronage of the Earl of Durham, and are well supplied with newspapers and periodicals. The Savings Bank is held at the residence of Mr. G. Steele, and is open on Mondays from seven to eight p.m. for receiving and paying deposits. There is one weekly newspaper, published on Saturday. An ancient court, termed the 'Bishop's Halmote,' is held in Chester-le-Street in May each year, for adjudicating on matters in dispute concerning all copyhold rights of the manor of Chester deanery. South Hill is the handsome residence of Lindsay Wood, esq.; the Hermitage, of the Rev. Edmund Hector Shipperdson, D.L.; White Hill Park, of Major John Cookson Fife Cookson; White Hill Villa, of Henry Septimus Carr, esq.; Pictree House, Lieut.-Col. Sheppee, J.P.; the Deanery, of Lieut.-Col. Edward Johnson, J.P.; and there are other handsome villa residences in the parish. The principal landowners are the Earl of Durham, Mrs. Fenwick, Major Fife & the trustees of the late Charles Jolliffe, esq. who are lords of the manor. The area of the township is 2,848 acres; rateable value, £18,755; and the population in 1861 was 3,013, and in 1871 was 4,187; the area of the entire parish is 31,546 acres; and the population in 1871 was 29,400.
Plawsworth is a small village and township, having a station on the North Eastern railway, including the small hamlet of NETTLESWORTH, in the parish of Chester-le-Street, 2 1/2 miles south and 3 1/2 north from Durham, situated on the Durham and Newcastle road. There is a chapel of ease here in connection with the parish church at Chester-le-Street; also a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan New Connexion, with Sunday school attached. There is a coal pit at Nettlesworth, worked by Messrs. Hunter and Elliot. South Hill, the seat of Lindsay Wood, esq. J.P. is situated in this township. The Earl of Durham is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is light, and the subsoil mixed. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1,224 acres; rateable value, £5,027; the population in 1871 was 717.
Railway Station, Thomas Wallace, station master
Waldridge is a township in the parish of Chester-le-Street, 2 miles south-west. Here is an extensive colliery, and there are some stone quarries: a Church of England service is held in the school in connection with the parish church of Chester-le-Street; here is a chapel for Primitive Methodists. The Earl of Durham is lord of the manor; there are several small landowners in the township. A great portion of the township is moorland, and comprises an area of 795 acres; rateable value, £4,030; and the population in 1871 was 892.
Chester-le-Street.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bambrough Rev. Robert Elliot [Wesleyan]
Bell William Errington
Bennett William
Blunt Rev. William Octavius, M.A. [rector]
Carr Henry Septimus, White Hill villa
Cookson Major John Cookson Fife, Whitehill park
Cooper Rev. Arthur Melville, M.A. [curate]
Chorlton Edward, Red Rose terrace
Coxon Robert James, Red Rose terrace
Crofton Richard, Whitehill
Downie George
Duxfield Joseph
Goddard Daniel Haill, J.P.
Greenwell Joseph
Guest-Williams Rev. W. S. B. A. [curate]
Hall Mrs
Hallam Rev. John
Hay J. E. Red Rose terrace
Helpman Robert Howard, Bedgerd
Jackson Miss Agnes
Jackson Mrs
Jackson The Misses
Johnson Lieut.-Col. Edward, J.P. The Deanery
King The Misses
Linton Ralph
Livingstone Miss
Nelson Miss
Nixon Misses
Oakley Rev. Henry [Congregational]
Patterson Alexander Isaac
Pickering George
Randall Charles Godfrey
Sheppee Lieut.-Col. Francis Faulknor, J.P. Pictree house
Shield Miss
Shiell William Robson, St. Mary's house
Shipperdson Rev. Edmund Hector, D.L., J.P. The Hermitage
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—David Todd, postmaster. Letters arrive from all parts at 6.55 a.m.; delivery commences at 7 a.m. second delivery at 4.25 p.m.; first dispatch at 3.20 p.m. second dispatch at 6.20 p.m. third dispatch at 8.34 p.m.; & on sundays at 12.50 p.m. only
COUNTY MAGISTRATES attending Petty Sessions, Middle Division of Chester Ward:—
Lieut.-Col. Edward Johnson, chairman
Rev. Edmund Hector Shipperdson
Henry Morton, esq
D. H. Goddard, esq
Lindsay Wood, esq
Colonel Sheppee
Clerk, R. F. Middleton, Durham
The following places are included in the Petty Missional Division:—Chester-le-Street, Birtley, Kibblesworth, Ouston, Pelton, Pelton Fell, Waldridge, Chester Moor, Plawsworth, Eighton Banks and part of Tanfield and Edmondsley
A stone building has been erected for petty sessions, which are held every alternate week, and it is also used as the office of inspector of weights and measures, the county police station, and the residence of the inspector having charge of the district.
INSURANCE AGENTS:—
Edinburgh Fire & Scottish Plate Glass, Wm. Thompson
Royal, G. Crichton
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:—
Excise Office, William Gough, officer
Police Station, Edwin William Collins, inspector
CHESTER-LE-STREET UNION.
The poor-law union of Chester-le-Street comprises an area of 33,079 acres, and the population in 1871 was 33,287; gross estimated rental £27,857; rateable value, £23,039. The following are the chapelries, parishes and townships of the union:—Barmston, Biddick (South), Birtley, Bourn Moor, Chester-le-Street, Cocken, Edmondsley, Harraton, Hedley, Kibblesworth, Lambton, Lamesley, Lumley (Great), Lumley (Little), Ouston, Pelton, Plawsworth, Ravensworth, Urpeth, Usworth (Great and Little, with North Biddick), Waldridge, Washington, and Witton Gilbert. The Union Workhouse, erected in 1856, is a handsome pile of brick buildings, at the south end of the town.
Board day, every alternate Thursday
Clerk, Robert Dickinson
Assistant Overseer & Collector, George Scott
Relieving & Vaccination Officers, Ralph Hodgin & Joseph Armstrong
Medical Officer, Ralph Linton, John Jackson (Harraton district)
Superintendent Registrar, Robert Dickinson
Registrars of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Ralph Hodgin & Joseph Armstrong
Workhouse.—John Dixon, master; Rev. W. O. Blunt, chaplain; Ralph Linton, surgeon; Mrs. Jane Ruddick, matron
RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.
Clerk, Robert Dickinson
Medical Officer, Ralph Linton
Inspector of Nuisances, Thomas Barras
PUBLIC OFFICERS:—
Deputy Coroner for Chester-le-Street Ward, Robert Davis, esq
Inland Revenue Officer, William Gough
National Schools (girls'), Miss Jane Walker, mistress; (infants'), Mrs. Hannah Ashby, mistress; (boys'), George Scott, master
NEWSPAPER:—Chester-le-Street Times & Houghton-le-Spring Gazette, Thomas Robert Farrow, publisher; published saturday
Railway Station, James Aitchison, station master
CARRIERS TO NEWCASTLE.—Thomas Beveridge & Nathaniel Walker, every tuesday, thursday & saturday
DIRECTORY.] DURHAM. COCKFIELD. 41
Stobart William
Taylor Miss
Thompson William, Pelsall house
Turnbull John
Volans William James
Walker Henry Kerrick, Park view
White Mrs
Wilkin Captain
Wilkinson James
COMMERCIAL.
Anderson Joseph, grocer
Ashley Thomas Philip, saddler
Bannon Henry Wilkinson, chemist
Barker James Wm. who. confectioner
Barker John, greengrocer
Bennett Thomas, greengrocer
Bennett Thomas, marine store dealer
Bennett William, surgeon
Beveridge Thomas, King’s Head inn & carrier
Bland Joseph, news agent & hair dresser
Bolam & Henderson, butchers
Burn Thomas, Lambton Arms commercial & family hotel
Burnside Ambrose, shopkeeper
Carr James, tinman, gasfitter &c
Cawthorne James, Queen’s Head commercial & family hotel & posting house, wine & spirit merchant & mineral water manufacturer
Chapman Ralph, merchant tailor & woollen draper
Chester-le-Street Co-operative Society (James Wilkinson, sec.), tailors, drapers, boot makers, & hardware & provision dealers
Chester-le-Street Times & Houghton-le-Spring Gazette (Thomas Robert Farrow, publisher), published sat
Clarke & Son, ironmongers
Clarke John, High Crown inn
Clarke William, joiner
Cleghorn Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Crichton George, spirit, ale & porter merchant (wholesale & retail), & agent for Richardson’s Haddington ales
Crofton Jane (Mrs.), market gardener & seed dealer
Cunningham Hannah (Mrs.), shopkpr
Curry John & Son, painters &c
Curry John, joiner
Dalkin Mary Ann (Mrs.), saddler
Dalkin Robert, tailor
Davies Laura (Miss), ladies’ school
Dawson Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Day John, chimney sweep
Dickinson Robert, clerk to the guardians & superintendent registrar
Dixon William, confectioner
Dorman James, Black Horse
Downie George, surgeon
Dowson Robert, miller
Earl William, boot maker
Farrow Mary (Mrs.), stationer
Farrow Thomas Robert, auctioneer
Fenwick & Co. (John Turnbull, man.), brewers, maltsters & spirit merchants, Chester brewery
Gas Works (John Waugh, sec)
Gibson Robert French, wine, spirit, ale & porter merchant
Gough Wm. inland revenue officer
Graham George, greengrocer
Graham William, blacksmith
Greenwell Richd. Hy. druggist & grocer
Grieveson William, rope & twine maker
Haddock William, Fighting Cocks
Hall Brothers, smiths & ironfounders
Hall Jacob, watch maker
Hall Joseph, Joiners’ Arms
Hall Pearson, ironmonger
Hall Robert, chimney sweeper
Hall William, linen & woollen draper
Hall William Barron, tailor
Handyside George, boot maker
Harrison John, tea dealer & grocer
Hay Peter, draper
Hipkiss Joseph, professor of music
Hodgson Francis, tailor
Hume Robert, insurance agent
Hunter Mary (Mrs.), tinman & gasfittr
Hutchison John, furniture broker
Innes John, watch maker
Jennings John, jun. joiner
Jopling John, joiner & builder
Kell Anthony, bldr. & monumental mason
Larkman John, shoe maker
Lax John, boot maker
Lindsley Thomas, greengrocer
Linton Ralph, surgeon
Longbotham Joseph, chemist & druggist
Lowes Nicholas, farmer
Luccock & Co. who. provision merchants
Luccock John William, wholesale manufacturing confectioner, Stag steam wks
Mathison Isabella & Jane (Misses), stationers
Matthews William, insurance agent
Mechanics’ Institute (Thomas Armstrong, sec)
Middleton James Thomas, mason
Middleton William, joiner
Miller John, tinman
Mitchell John, grocer
Mole Harry, joiner, builder & contractor
Morton James, boot maker
Mowbray William, refreshment rooms
Nicholson M. & C. painters
Nicholson Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retir
Norman William, joiner & builder
North Eastern Banking Co. Limited (branch) (Thomas Armstrong, manager); draw on Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. London
Parker William, blacksmith
Pattison Robert, grocer
Pick John, cab proprietor
Pickering George, silk mercer, tailor, outfitter, baby linen, underclothing &c. linen & woollen draper, milliner &c. County house. See advert
Potts Richard, farmer, High flatts
Reed John, grocer & draper, Chester moor
Robinson Simon, grocer & druggist
Robson John, builder, Whitehill cottage
Ross Susannah (Mrs.), Plough, High flatts
Scott George, milliner
Scott Margaret (Mrs.), Bridge inn
Scott Mary Isabella (Mrs.), milliner & dress maker
Shepperd James, cheese & bacon factor
Shiell Wm. Robson, surgon. St. Mary’s ho
Siddle George, joiner
Siddle George, jun. cabinet maker
Siddle John, joiner
Simpson Ann (Mrs.), milliner & draper
Smart Jas. Colliery inn, Chester moor
Smith George & Co. tailors
Smith James, engineer & machinist
Smith Thomas, Butchers’ Arms
Smith Thomas, grocer
Spence Edward, plumber & gas fitter
Steele George Edward, watch maker
Taylor William, market gardener
Telford Thomas, draper
Temple William & John, veterinary surgeons & shoeing smiths
Temple John, sen. horse dealer
Thompson & Punshon, builders
Thompson James Gallon, watch maker
Thompson John, grocer
Thompson William, architect, surveyor, builder & contractor & agent for the Edinburgh Fire & Scottish Plate Glass Insurance Cos. Pelsall house
Thornton Charles, Crown inn
Turnbull John, manager to Fenwick & Co. brewers &c
Tyler Brothers, boot & shoe factors
Tyzack William, hair dresser
Usher Ann (Mrs.), butcher
Waggott Henry Edmund, tailor
Walton Ann (Mrs.), grocer
Wardle Robert, shopkeeper
Wilson Alsop, boot maker
Wilson William, draper
Wilson Wm. & Son, curriers & boot mas
Witherspoon Joseph, joiner
Wood George Liddle, wine & spirit mer
Wright John, boot maker
Young Joseph, butcher
Plawsworth.
Bell Mrs
Darling Miss
Duherley George, Plawsworth cottage
Green Thomas, Nettlesworth
Wood Lindsay, J.P. South hill
COMMERCIAL.
Campbell Thomas, blacksmith
Cockburn George, butcher
Coxon Wm. Walter, farmer, Hall farm
Darling Robert, farmer
Dobson John, farmer, Tan hill
Edwards John, farmer
Gibson John, Red Lion
Halliday George, wheelwright
Peel Edwin, farmer
Reed Jhn. grocer & draper, Nettlesworth
Vassey John, Black Bull
Watson Thomas & John, farmers, Nettlesworth hall
Wearmouth Abraham, farmr. Nettleswrth
Wood William, farmer
Waldridge.
Adamson Elizabeth (Mrs.), Swan
Heads Thomas, farmer
Morris John, mining engineer
Morris William, mining engineer
Newton George, farmer
Reed William & Lionel, farmers
Rutter Robert, farmer
Witherspoon Ann (Mrs.), farmer
COCKFIELD is a parish, polling place for the Northern division of the county, in Teesdale union, Barnard Castle county court district, south-west division of Darlington ward, rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, and consists of two townships, COCKFIELD and WOODLAND, 7 miles north from Barnard Castle. The village, which has a station on the Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle section of the North Eastern railway, consists of a long row of scattered houses, and there are several coal-pits in the township. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is an ancient stone building in the Early English style, consisting of chancel and nave, with vestry and organ chamber, and bell turret containing 2 bells: it was restored in the year 1868 in strict conformity with its original style. The register dates from the year 1578. The living is a discharged rectory, with the vicarage of Staindrop annexed, joint yearly value £350, in the gift of the Duke of Cleveland and held by the Rev. Harry Curteis Lipscomb, M.A. of Durham University; the Rev. Harry Charles Plumer-Stedman, B.A. of St. John's college, Cambridge, is the curate in sole charge. Here are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels. The Duke of Cleveland, who is lord of the manor, and John Bowes, esq. of Streatlam Castle, are principal landowners. The soil is the disintegrated sandstone and shale of the coal measures; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are oats, roots and grass, but a large pro-
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