Enjoy a glimpse of history about Esh in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
ESH is a township, ecclesiastical parish (formed in 1834 from the mother parish of Lanchester) and scattered village, situated on a lofty eminence, 5 1/4 miles west-by-north-west from Durham, 1 1/2 south-west from Witton Gilbert station on the Consett branch of the North-Eastern railway, 3 south-east from Lanchester and 8 south-by-south-west from Chester-le-Street, in the Northern division of the county, west division of Chester ward, Lanchester union, Durham county court district, rural deanery of Chester, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The church of St. Michael is a small stone building, consisting of nave and south transept ; the east window is stained, representing the Offering of Isaac, the Presentation in the Temple, and Our Saviour blessing the Children : the edifice was almost entirely rebuilt by subscription about 1859. The register dates from the year 1567. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester, and held by the Rev. Edmund Lee, B.D., LL.D. of Trinity College, Dublin. There are six schools, two British and a National ; the others for Catholic children. The Catholics have two small chapels in the township, of which the Right Rev. Monsignor Thompson and Rev. Philip Charles Fortin are the priests. The principal object of attraction in the parish is Ushaw College, about one mile from the village, standing on an eminence overlooking the ruins of Beaurepaire, and commanding very extensive views of the surrounding country : it was founded by Dr. Gibson, the Catholic bishop of the district, in 1804, and taken possession of in 1808, although not completed till 1819 : its object is the education of youth in the Catholic religion : in 1858 it underwent very extensive alterations and enlargement : the Rev. William Wrennall is the president, and the Rev. James Lennon, vice-president. Sir Charles Frederick Smythe, bart. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is various ; the chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and grass ; the acreage is 3,016 : rateable value, £16,494 10s. The population of the township in 1861 was 942 ; and in 1871, 3,386.
At NEW HOUSES (taken from the name of a farm close by) are a Catholic chapel and schools, which were built in 1872 ; the Rev. Philip Charles Fortin is the priest.
ESH COLLIERY and LANGLEY PARK are colliery villages which have sprung up within the last few years ; the former is situated 1 mile south and the latter 1 mile north from the village of Esh. There is a small chapel of ease at Esh Colliery, also a British school : a science and art class is held in connection with the Science and Art Department, South Kensington. There is a British school at Langley Park, in which divine service is conducted on Sunday.
Parish Clerk, John Bouch Johnston.
POST OFFICE RECEIVING HOUSES.—(Esh), John Bouch Johnston, receiver. Letters arrive from Durham at 9 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.15 p.m. (Hill top), James Farrow, receiver. Letters from Durham, 8.55 a.m. ; dispatched, 4.25 p.m. The nearest money order office is Cornsay Colliery. (Langley Park), Mrs. Elizabeth Raper, receiver. Letters from Durham, 8 a.m. ; dispatched, 6.40 p.m. Witton Gilbert is the nearest money order office. (Esh Colliery), Edmund Lamb, receiver. Letters through Durham via Waterhouses arrive at 9.20 a.m. ; dispatched 4.5 p.m. ; Waterhouse is the nearest money order office
INSURANCE AGENT.—Sovereign Life, J. B. Johnston
SCHOOLS:—
National (Village), John Bouch Johnston, master ; Mrs. Ann Johnston, mistress
Catholic, Miss Esther Ann Daglish, mistress
British (Esh Colliery), William J. Mackay, master
British (Langley Park), George Henderson, master
Catholic (New Houses) (mixed), Miss Mary Morris & Miss Maria Rafferty, mistresses
Catholic (Ushaw Moor), Hugh Fitzpatrick, master ; Misses Mary & Margaret McShane, mistresses
Esh.
Dent Rev. John [curate]
Fortin Rev. Philip Charles [Catholic], New Houses
Lee Rev. Edmund, B.D., LL.D. [vicar]
Lennon Rev. James [Catholic], Ushaw College
Smith Henry, J.P. Esh hall
Smith John Leadbitter, J.P. Flass hall
Thompson The Right Rev. Monsignor [Catholic]
Wesley Rev. Francis Gwynne, B.A. [incumbent of St. John, Hamsteels]
Wrennall Rev. William [Catholic], Ushaw College
Atkinson John Robt. farmer, Flass farm
Brown Elizabeth (Mrs.), Cross Keys
Cant John, mason
Chaytor Hy. coal master, Ushaw moor
Cumming William, land steward to Ushaw College, Esh hall
Esh Co-operative Society (Jonathan Reah, manager)
Farrow James, shoe maker, Hill top
Fenwick Joshua, farmer
Forster Elizabeth (Mrs.), blacksmith
Forster John, shoe maker
Goundry & Gleadson, shoe ma. Hill top
Goundry William, shopkeeper, Hill top
Hand James, farmer, Heugh farm
Hedley Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Lower Finings
Hemy Henri Fredric, teacher of music
Hewett Robert, farmer, Underside farm
Holliday Roger, coal master, Hill top
Kidd John, farmer, Greenland farm
Laybourne Thos. farmer, New Houses
Mallabar John, shoe maker
Marsden Geo. farmer, New Houses farm
Milburn William, farm bailiff to Ushaw college
Morin Timothy & Son, tailors, Hill top
Ord William, shoe maker
Oyston James, grocer, Hill top
Oyston William, ale & spirit dealer
Pease Joseph & Partners, colliery ownrs
Roe Thomas, tailor
Rutter Edward, builder
Stevenson Michael, farmer
Stoddard John, butcher
Suddes William, jun. joiner
Towns John, joiner &c
Waugh Thomas, Board, Hill top
Esh Colliery.
Croft John George, Esh villa
COMMERCIAL.
Adamson James, butcher
Bee Stephen, greengrocer
Brown William, butcher
Clement William, shopkeeper
Gale John, earthenware dealer
Grey Thomas, grocer & draper
Hodgson Thomas, shoe maker
Hodgson Valentine, butcher
Hodgson William, grocer
McCallum Duncan, grocer & draper
Maughan William, farmer, Hag house
Minton George, grocer
Raw Jane (Miss), draper & milliner
Robson James, shopkeeper
Rowley Thomas, painter &c
Langley Park.
Bell John Francis, The Firs
COMMERCIAL.
Brown Charles, shopkeeper
Brown Samuel, greengrocer
Burdon Thomas, tailor
Burton Robert, boot & shoe maker
Consett Iron Co. Limited (William Logan, manager)
Buxton William, tailor
Co-operative Stores (George Ritchie, manager)
Guest Thomas, ale & spirit dealer
Irving Thomas, shopkeeper
Lakey Timothy, Langley Park hotel
Nattress Nicholas, shopkeeper
Nelson Richard, grocer & draper
Peacock Abraham, Station hotel
Raper Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Robinson Thomas, butcher
Soames George, shopkeeper
Wardle Jonathan, shoe maker
Welford George, joiner
Wherly George, draper
Wiggen Wm. Robt. miller, Wall nook
Willey Jonathan, butcher
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