Ebchester, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

 Enjoy a glimpse of history about Ebchester in County Durham, England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

EBCHESTER is a township, village and ecclesiastical parish taken out of the parish of Lanchester, 287 miles from London, and 12 south-west from Newcastle, in the Northern division of the county, west division of Chester ward, Lanchester union, county court district of Shotley Bridge, Chester rural deanery, Durham archdeaconry and diocese, situated on the road from Shotley Bridge to Newcastle and Gateshead, and on the river Derwent, which separates it from Northumberland. The village is situated on the old Watling Street, and many Roman remains are visible. There is a station on the North Eastern railway, about half a mile south-east. The church of St. Ebba is an ancient stone building, of mixed styles of architecture ; has a chancel, nave, south porch, and 1 bell. The register dates from the year 1822. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of and held by the Rev. Henry Linthwaite, M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. There is a chapel for Wesleyans, and a colliery in this township. Several altar inscriptions have been found, some of which are preserved in the cathedral of Durham. There are still some remains of the old city walls ; Vindomora was the name of the Roman station in this parish. "St Ebba, daughter of Ethelfred, king of Northumberland, afterwards Abbess of Coldingham, built here, upon the banks of the Derwent, a monastery, before the year of Christ 660, which was afterwards destroyed by the Danes." The Derwent adds much to the beauty of the

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scenery around the village. The Masters and Governors of Sherburn Hospital, 2 miles from Durham, are lords of the manor and the principal landowners and let the property on lease. The soil is clayey ; the subsoil gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, and oats. The area is 853 acres ; rateable value £2,835 ; the population in 1871 was 830.

Bolton William Thomas, M.R.C.S Carr John, Ebchester hall Hunter Mrs. Derwent villa

COMMERCIAL. Anderson George, saddler & harness ma Bolton William Thomas, surgeon Brown Matthew, farmer Butterwell Wm. Thos. day school (mixed) Calvert John, Raven inn, Broom hill Carr John, coal owner Charlton William, joiner & cartwright, Dean house Charlton Wm. jun. beer retir. Broom hill Coupland Matthew, assistant overseer, Westwood house Dixon Edward, corn miller & seedsman, Ebchester mill Elsome Oliver, farmer, East lane Moody George, grocer Moody George, woollen manufacturer, Ebchester mill POST OFFICE.—Miss Naomi Rutherford, receiver. Letters from Newcastle-on-Tyne arrive at 9.15 a.m. ; dispatched at 3.5 p.m. Shotley Bridge is the nearest money order office CARRIERS to Newcastle on tuesday, thursday & saturday Railway Station, John Trotter, station master Richardson John, nursery & seedsman, Slade house Rutherford Naomi (Miss), grocer, draper, & post office Stoddart William, contractor Surtees George, grocer Willey Aaron, shoe maker Wilson Thomas, Black Horse [For the portion of Conside, see CON-SIDE or CONSETT]