Ferryhill, County Durham (Including Low Spennymoor): People and Places in 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Ferryhill in County Durham, North East England, UK.

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The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

FERRY HILL is a township, village and ecclesiastical district, formed in 1843 from the parish of Merrington, 5 1/2 miles west from Sedgefield, 6 south-east from Durham, 7 west from Bishop Auckland and 254 from London, in the South division of the county, south-eastern division of Darlington ward, Sedgefield union, Bishop Auckland county court district, rural deanery of Darlington (northern division), officialty of the dean and chapter of Durham, and diocese of Durham. Ferry Hill Station, about a mile from the village, is on the main line of the North Eastern Railway Company, and there is a junction to Hartlepool, Stockton and Durham. The church of St. Luke, erected in 1853 and restored in 1866 at a cost of £163, is a fine stone structure in the Early English style, consisting of chancel and nave, with turret containing 2 bells : there are sittings for 368 persons. The register dates from the year 1843. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £345, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and held by the Rev. Henry Frederick Long, M.A. of University College, Durham. The vicarage, situated south of the church, is in the Elizabethan style. A School Board was formed in 1876 for the united parishes of Merrington, Spennymoor, Ferry Hill, Tudhoe and Whitworth. There is a National school, built on a site given by the Dean & Chapter of Durham, with house and garden attached for the master ; the school was enlarged in 1871 at a cost of £577. The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship here and also at Low Spennymoor. The mines and minerals mostly belong to the Earl of Eldon and Dean and Chapter of Durham, who, with M. C. Salvin, esq. of Burn Hall, Lieut.-Col. Surtees

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Ferry Hill—continued.

Railway Station, John Wilkie, station master

Ferry Hill.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Alderson Mrs

Alderson William, Prospect house

Clark Hugh, M.D

Coulson Matthew, Thorford house

Feaster Levi, Manor house

Howe Rev. Richard [curate]

Long Rev. Hy. Fredk. M.A. Vicarage

Stott Mrs

Wilkinson The Misses, Ferry Hill house

Wilkinson Mrs. Ferry Hill house

COMMERCIAL.

Anderson James, tailor & draper

Anderson Thomas, beer retailer

Atkinson Jefferson, farmer, Red hall

Atkinson William, blacksmith & farmer

Bates John, Post Boy inn

Bell John, farmer & miller

Bell Thomas, grocer, farmer & miller

Bothroyd James, watch & clock maker

Bowron Thomas, grocer & mole catcher

Brown John, farmer, Rough Lee

Brown Jonathan, butcher & farmer

Carlton Iron Co. Limited (Thomas Kirk, manager), East Howle colliery

Cheetham Margaret (Mrs.), grocer

Clark Hugh, M.D. surgeon

Coates John, carter & farmer

Cooke William, joiner & cartwright

Crawford George, builder

Crisp George, Bay Horse

Croft Robert Willis, King's Head

Dobson John, boot maker

Foster William, farmer

Golightly John, shoe maker

Hardy George, shoe maker & grocer, Metal bridge

Hardy Joseph, Thinford Bridge inn, Metal bridge

Hobson Mrs. Margaret, ladies' school

Lickley Thomas, grocer

Lidster John, cabinet maker & assistant overseer

Lidster Ralph, joiner

Maughan Ann (Mrs.), shoe maker

Mechanics' Institute (Rev. H. F. Long, president ; Joseph Robinson, treasurer & secretary)

Million James, shopkeeper

Morgan George, farmer, Cleeves cross

Myers James, Red Lion

Parker John, draper

Parker John, farmer, Cookson green

Parker Wm. M. James, butcher & farmer

Parkin John, farmer & miller, The Barns

Peatves William & George, farmers

Pickering Thomas & Robert, farmers, High Hill house

Pickering Edwd. farmer, Rough Lee farm

Reed John, grocer & draper

Richardson Thomas, tailor & draper

Robinson George, tailor & draper

Robinson Jsph. grocer, draper & builder

Robinson William, market gardener

Roseby Andrew, East Howle inn, East Howle

Ross David, beer retailer

Rudd John, cowkeeper

Sample George, saddler & harness ma

Sharp Thomas, jun. grocer

Simpson Alexander, farmer, Thinford ho

Smith Luke, Black Bull inn

Smith Thos. Fenton, farmr. East End ho

Stephenson Joseph, mason

Thompson Thomas, butcher & farmer

Thompson William, White Horse

Walker Ann (Mrs.), farmer

Walker Francis, saddler

Wearmouth William, butcher & farmer

Willoughby James, Wheatsheaf inn

Wilson Ann (Mrs.), grocer

Wood John, farmer, Low Hill house

Ferry Hill Station.

Barry & Co. sand merchants

Calvert John Wallace, general draper

Carter Levi, carman

Christelow Thomas, tailor & draper

Dobson Anthony, grocer & draper, & temperance hotel

Dobson George, shoe maker

Elliott & Routledge, lime burners

Elliott Anderson, joiner & cabinet ma

Elliott Edward, builder

Garry Joseph, grocer

Hammond Ann (Mrs.), Mainsforth inn

Harker Joseph, Commercial inn

Jackson Robert, shopkeeper

Kirtley Thomas, Clarence inn

Marley George, butcher & farmer

Mason Wm. master sinker & contractor

Ord & Maddison, lime burners

Owens Mrs. Margaret, pork butcher

Pugmire Joseph, tailor

Reay John, Swan tavern

Tweedy George, grocer

Tweedy James, blacksmith

Tweedy Robert, butcher

Walker George, grocer

Chilton.

Dakers John, Cragg house

Fenwick John Charles James, M.D., M.R.C.P. Chilton hall ; & 16 Old Elvet, Durham

COMMERCIAL.

Arkless Thomas William, Surtees Arms

Bovill James, farmer

Braithwaite Geo. Walter & Richd. frms

Curry Henry, beer retailer

Denham George, butcher

Fenwick John Charles James, M.D., M.R.C.P. physician, Chilton hall ; & 16 Old Elvet, Durham

Forbes Alexander, master of board schools, near Ferry Hill Station

Fotheringham Robert, cashier to South Durham Coal Co

Henderson John, farmer

Hogarth Wm. Eldon Arms, & builder

Hope Joseph Wm. draper & shoe depôt

Hughff Joseph & Mary & Margaret (Misses), farmers

Liddell George, farmer, Great Chilton

Marley George, butcher

Marlow Samuel, fruiterer

Marshall Charles, farmer, The Grange

Pease Jsph. & Partners, colliery owners, Windlestone colliery

Peverell Hannah (Mrs.), Encomb inn

Richardson & Crathorne, lime burners

South Durham Coal Co. colliery proprietors (John Dakers, manager), Chilton colliery

Thompson Robt. shopkpr. Chilton bldngs

Turnbull Anthony, grocer & draper

Turnbull William, engineer to the Sth. Durham Coal Co

Walker Thomas, grocer & draper

Wilkinson Robt. farmer, Little Chilton

Low Spennymoor.

Hall Richard

Hollis Rev. Thomas [Wesleyan]

COMMERCIAL.

Ball Isaiah, Golden Fleece

Bentham John, grocer

Cass John, grocer

Cummings William, boot & shoe maker

Davison William, tailor & draper

Dobson George, butcher

Dobson Margaret (Mrs.), butcher

Dobson Wm. grocer, draper, & post office

Dow William, Vulcan inn

Hall Thomas, shopkeeper

Harrison Thomas, greengrocer

Hebden John, greengrocer

Hill Thomas, grocer

Hind Emmerson, Iron Works inn

Hirst Albert, butcher

Hirst William, draper

Hopper Abigail (Mrs.), beer retailer

Jarvis Ishmael, Queen's Head

Lowes Edward, Victoria inn

Nelson Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Nevill John, greengrocer

Nimmo Robert, Puddlers' Arms

Oldhall Jane (Mrs.), general dealer

Parker John, greengrocer

Ramsden Frederick, boot & shoe maker

Rivers John, Half Moon

Roberts Avan, grocer

Rymer Eleanor Jane (Mrs.), draper & newsagent

Stonehouse William, grocer

Taylor John, carman

Taylor Rose (Mrs.), beer seller

Watson George, grocer

Young Robert, shopkeeper