Framwellgate, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

 Enjoy a glimpse of history about Framwellgate in Durham, 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

FRAMWELLGATE is a township in St. Oswald civil parish, constituted an ecclesiastical parish in 1858, from the mother parish of St. Oswald, Durham, in the Northern division of the county, union and county court district of Durham, rural deanery of Chester, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, extending about 2 miles north from the boundary of the city of Durham. The church of St. Cuthbert, situated a short distance beyond the city boundary, is a handsome stone building in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle and tower. The register dates from the year 1858. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter, and held by the Rev. Henry Richard Ridley, M.A., of University College, Oxford, who is also surrogate.

There is a small chapel of ease at Framwellgate Moor, where the Wesleyan Methodists and the New Connexion Methodists have each a chapel. In 1877 Board schools were opened, and will hold 420 children.

Aykley Heads, the seat of F. D. Johnson, esq. D.L. and J.P. is an ancient mansion on the North road, about 1 mile from Durham : it is of great antiquity, being mentioned in documents of the twelfth century as the residence of Gilbert del Aikes : it is celebrated for its spacious terrace and beautiful view of the cathedral, castle and the country extending to the Cleveland hills, in Yorkshire : it has been the property of its present occupier and his ancestors for many years.

Johnson Francis Dixon, B.A., D.L. Aykley heads

Love Mrs. Mount Beulah

Maynard Anthony Lax, J.P. Newton hall

Shiel John, Framwellgate moor

Wharton Mrs. Dryburn hall

COMMERCIAL.

Baines John, farmer, Union Hall farm

Bird Robert, joiner, Pity Me

Bowes John, farmer

Bowes John, shopkeeper, Pity Me

Cairns John, Thunderstorm, Framwellgate moor

Camsell Isaac, Victoria Bridge inn, Framwellgate moor

Craggs Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Cater house, Framwellgate moor

Curry Geo. shoe ma. Framwellgate moor

Davison John, grocer, Framwellgate moor

Dickenson Peter, Coach & Horses, Pity Me

Dodds Anthony, blacksmith, Pity Me

Durham Earl of, coal master, Frankland colliery

Eales John, beer retailer, Pity Me

Errington Isabella (Mrs.), Queen's Head, Framwellgate moor

Flynn Thomas, shopkpr. Framwellgt. moor

Framwellgate Coal Co. coal & iron masters & fire brick manufacturers (John Shiel, manager) ; & at Middlesbro

Hall Robert, shopkeepr. Framwellgt. moor

Halliday Joseph, grocer, Framwellgt. moor

Halliday Robert, Salutation inn, Framwellgate moor

Harrington Walter, gamekeeper to A. L. Maynard, esq

Hart Thomas, farmer, Bishop's grange

Henderson Thomas, shoe maker, Framwellgate moor

Heppell John, farmer, Arbor House farm

Heslop Wm. shopkpr. Framwellgt. moor

Hindson Geo. Black Boy, Moor houses

Hodgson Charles, farmer

Holmes John, farmer, Woodbine cottage, Pity Me

Lee Matthew, farmer, High Carr farm

Luke James, farmer, Moor Carr

McGregor James, road surveyr. Stockley

Marriner Mark, Lambton Hounds, & butcher, Pity Me

Situated on the bank of the river Wear, in this township, are the interesting remains of Finchale priory. St. Godric, about the year 1104, erected a hermitage and chapel, where he remained upwards of 60 years : Bishop Pudsey granted a charter for a cell at Finchale, and his son Henry, in the year 1196, founded a priory for Benedictines, subordinate to the convent at Durham : at the Dissolution the yearly revenues were valued at £122 15s. 3d. There is a colliery at Framwellgate Moor, and Frankland ; Viscount Boyne is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Rev. Robert Williamson, Francis D. Johnson, and John Fawcett, esq. The soil is mostly light ; subsoil, sand and clay ; the chief crops are barley, potatoes and turnips. The area of the township is 3,682 acres ; rateable value, £23,804 ; and the population in 1871 was 4,548 ; the area of the ecclesiastical parish is 3,467 acres ; the population in 1871 was 3,613.

PITY ME is a hamlet 1 mile north.

Parish Clerk, ——.

POST OFFICE RECEIVING HOUSE.—George Curry, receiver. Letters arrive from Durham at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Durham

Board School, John Hamer, master ; Miss Mary Jane White, mistress ; Miss Elizabeth Ellen Matthews, infants' mistress

Nesbitt Christophr. frmr. Newton grange

Paxton Robert, blacksmith, Pity Me

Pearson Jane (Mrs.), Queen Victoria

Richardson Robert, tailor, Pity Me

Rutherford Robert, farmer, Hag house

Shipley Rebecca Ann (Mrs.), Granby, Framwellgate moor

Slack William, shopkeeper, Pity Me

Snowball George, shopkeeper, Framwellgate moor

Stewart John, fishmongr. Framwellgt. moor

Stothard John Thomas, farmr. Frankland

Stothard Ralph, farmer, Low Carr house

Thompson Anthony, shopkeeper, Framwellgate moor

Turnbull Wm. farmer, Eastmoor Leazes

Walker James, farmer, Finchale farm

Waugh John, farmer, Red House farm

Wearmouth Susannah (Miss), farmer, Frankland

Weatherburn Robert, miller, Plawsworth mill

Williamson William, greengrocer, Framwellgate moor

Wood John, shopkeepr. Framwellgt. moor