The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
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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portion is high pasture and moorland. The area of the two townships is 4,416 acres; their combined rateable value, £5,733; the population of Cockfield township in 1871 was 1,030.
Woodland is 4 miles north-west from Cockfield. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and sole landowner. Here is a Parochial school, and the Wesleyans have a chapel. The population in 1871 was 264.
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.—John Liddle, receiver. Letters arrive from Darlington at 9.30 a.m.; dispatched at 3.35 p.m.
National School, John Taylor, master
Railway Station
POST OFFICE.—James Dunn, receiver. Letters arrive from Darlington at 11.40 a.m.; dispatched at 1.30 p.m. Cockfield is the nearest money order office.
Parochial School, William Peaty, master
Cockfield.
Plumer-Stedman Rev. Harry Charles, B.A. [curate in sole charge]
COMMERCIAL.
Bainbridge John, farmer
Bell Brian, beer retailer
Blackett Christopher, draper & grocer
Bradley Ralph, butcher
Cowley George, builder
Dixon George, brewer
Dixon George, farmer
Hadley & Co. colliery owners, Gordon House colliery
Hetherington William, quarry owner
Kirby Joseph, shopkeeper
Leybourne William, grocer & draper
Liddle John, shopkeeper, & post office
Million Charles, King's Head
Richardson James, Tiger inn
Simpson Parkin, butcher
Summerson William, colliery owner
Teasdale George, blacksmith
Walker Ralph, contractor & grocer
Walker Simpson, colliery owner
Wigham Hy. Greyhound, & farmer
Wilkinson William, beer retailer
Willans James, tailor
Williamson Harrison, Queen's Head
Woodland.
Amos George, farmer
Atkinson Joseph, farmer
Beadle Joseph, farmer
Bell Christopher, farmer
Blackett Edward, tailor
Blackett John, shoe maker
Blackett Joseph, joiner
Blackett Ralph, farmer
Blackett Robert, tailor
Chapman John, farmer
Dowson Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Dowson Christopher, farmer
Dowson Henry, Royal hotel
Dowson Joseph, shopkeeper
Dunn James, butcher
Elliott John, farmer
Lee Mark, farmer
Nelson James & George, farmers
Ord & Maddison, coal owners
Raine Thomas, Black Horse
Stephenson John, farmer
Swinbanks Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Tarn William, farmer
Wade Thomas, farmer
Walker William, farmer
Whitwell & Co. colliery owners
COLLIERLEY is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1842 from the parishes of Chester-le-Street and Lanchester, with part of the township of Kyo, and the village of ANNFIELD PLAIN. The township and village of Collierley and Dipton is 10 miles southwest from Newcastle, 3 miles from Lintz Green station, in the Northern division of the county, west division of Chester ward, Lanchester union, Shotley Bridge county court district, Chester rural deanery, Durham archdeaconry and diocese, situate on the road from Shotley Bridge to Newcastle. The church of St. Thomas is situated in the township of Kyo: it is a stone building in the Early English style, consisting of chancel and nave, bell cot and 1 bell, and was built in the year 1840. The register dates from the year 1840. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and held by the Rev. Blythe Hurst. The National school for boys and girls is partly supported by subscription. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The principal collieries in the parish are South Pontop, South Tanfield, South Down, Pontop and Lily Top, and several coke ovens. The Dipton Gas Company Limited have erected works here to supply this part of the parish with gas: the works are leased to Messrs. Healy, Turnbull & Cook, of Newcastle. The Marquis of Bute is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is light loam; the subsoil clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley.
DIPTON and COLLIERLEY DIKES now form part of Collierley, which is frequently spoken of as DIPTON.
PONTOP is a village in this township.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank, Collierley or Dipton.—John Maddison, receiver. Letters from Newcastle, via Lintz Green, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & are dispatched at 4 p.m. week days only
National School (mixed), William Leslie, master
CARRIERS from Berry Edge & Shotley Bridge to Newcastle several days in the week; Thomas Robson, to Gateshead, tues. thurs. & sat
Kyo is a township, 3 miles north from Lanchester, and is annexed with Collierley, and forms an ecclesiastical district. A gas company was formed at Kyo in 1872, to supply the pits in the neighbourhood with gas. The population and area of the ecclesiastical parish in 1871 was as follows:—
| Population. | Acreage. | Rateable Value. | |
| Collierley and Pontop | 2,906 | 1,971 | £9,913 |
| Kyo Laws | 2,502 | 1,759 | £9,002 |
| 5,408 | 3,730 | £18,915 |
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank, Annfield plain.—Edward Reed, receiver. Letters arrive from Newcastle, via Lintz Green, 9.20 a.m.; dispatched at 3.20 p.m. on week days only
WALL LETTER BOX at West Kyo.—A messenger clears the box at 2 p.m. daily, sunday excepted
WALL LETTER BOX at Catchgate cleared at 3.30 p.m
Collierley.
Crompton Samuel, M.R.C.S.
Hurst Rev. Blythe [vicar], St. Thomas’ vicarage
Ritchie John, Stobb house
Swallow John, Pontop hall
COMMERCIAL.
Allison William, grocer
Armstrong John, beer retailer, Hill top
Ayre John, farmer
Bell John, grocer
Benson Thomas, surgeon
Bevan George, draper
Calvert Christopher, grocer & draper
Cheesemond Susan (Mrs.), Grey Horse, Hill top
Clark Robert, Sportsman's Arms
Cooper John, joiner & builder
Co-operative Stores (Thomas Turner, manager)
Coward William, beer retailer
Curry Joseph Adamson, grocer
Darling William, Fox
Dipton Gas Company Limited (Geo. Leadbeater, sec)
Dover Duncan, jeweller
English Robert & Millburn, drapers
Fenwick John, Bute Arms, & butcher
Gibson Thomas, beer retailer, Hill top
Henderson George, shopkeeper, Hill top
Hodgson John W. viewer, Dipton house
Hall William, sewing machine agent
Hunter John, blacksmith
Maddison John, assistant overseer, grocer, farmer, & post office
Maddison William, Red Lion
Morgan Anthony, tailor
Mordue Thomas, joiner
Phillipson Alfred, ironmongr.& auctionr
Ramsey Anthony, grocer & shoe maker
Robinson Hepple, farmer, Stobb house
Smith John Scott, blacksmith
Smith Joseph, blacksmith
Smith William, Black Bull
Swallwell Samuel & E. tailors & drapers
Teasdale James, Red Ox
Teasdale John, saddler
Thirwell John, grocer
Thompson Robert, grocer & ironmonger
Todd Matthew, tailor
Urwin John, grocer & draper
Wilkinson Emerson, jun.butcher, Dipton
Annfield Plain.
Allen Thompson, brewer & spirit mchnt
Ayre Robert, farmer, Riding hills
Barras Jsph. farmer & butcher, Pea frm
Blewitt Frances (Mrs.), china dealer
Body Miles, Smiths' Arms
Brown James, grocer
Clark Nathaniel, agent to Eden collieries
Cooke Charles Francis, grocer & draper
Davidson John Wilkinson, hardware & furniture dealer, Catchgate
Dodd Jane (Mrs.), Queen's Head
Errington John, Ox inn, Ox hill
Errington John, grocer, Catchgate
Fenwick Thomas, viewer, East Pontop colliery
Fitzpatrick William, tailor
Foster John P. grocer
Gibson William, boot & shoe maker
Green George, farmer, Hare law
Hall Joseph, farmer, Hare law
Handy Lionel, farmer, Fines house
Hardy John, Railway tavern
Henderson Robt. blacksmith, Catchgate
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