Enjoy a glimpse of history about Gainford in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
GAINFORD is a township, parish and village, and station on the Darlington and Barnard Castle section of the North Eastern railway, 8 1/2 miles west from Darlington, and 8 east from Barnard Castle, in the Southern division of the county, south-west division of Darlington ward, Teesdale union, Barnard Castle county court district, rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham : it stands on the declivity of a hill, which slopes gradually to the Tees. The church of St. Mary is an old Gothic stone building, has chancel, nave and aisles, a square western tower, and 6 bells, and contains several brasses. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £1,000, with residence, in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridge, and held by the Rev. Joseph Edleston, LL.D. of that College. Here are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels. A Catholic church was erected here in 1854. The Society of Friends hold a service at stated times in the Literary Institute. There are charities of a small yearly value. The Literary Institute, with news-room, was established in November, 1852, and now contains a library of nearly 850 volumes, and the news-room is well supplied with the metropolitan and local papers and periodicals. Selaby Hall, the seat of Mrs. Maude, is an ancient building, situated on an eminence commanding extensive views of the surrounding country. The Duke of Cleveland, who is lord of the manor, William Surtees Raine, esq. Alfred Kitching, esq. John F. Elliott, esq. John S. Goodger, esq. Mr. Robert Elliott, and Mr. William Bowman, are chief landowners. The soil is gravelly ; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are turnips, barley, seeds, wheat and oats. The area of the entire parish is 24,337 acres : the population in 1871 was 7,102. The area of the township is 2,274 acres ; rateable value, £6,692 ; the population of the township in 1871 was 820.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings Bank & Annuity & Insurance Office.—Matthew Clapham, postmaster. Letters arrive from Darlington at 7.35 a.m. & from Barnard Castle at 5.52 p.m. ; dispatched at 5.52 p.m. & to Barnard Castle at 7.35 a.m
INSURANCE AGENTS :—
Imperial Fire, M. W. Davison
Sovereign Life, A. Thomson
SCHOOLS :—
National, Henry William Ternent, master
Infant, Mary Ann Hunt, mistress
Railway Station, Henry Simpson, station master
Bolam is a township and ecclesiastical district, formed in 1867 from the parish of Gainford ; it is 8 miles from Darlington, 5 north-east from Gainford, and 6 south from Bishop Auckland, in Auckland union and county court district. The church is a small stone building, consisting of nave and bellcote, with a turret and 1 bell. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £150, in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridge, and held by the Rev. Crawford Townshend Bowen. Here is a village school, and the Wesleyans have a chapel here. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Gainford Hospital, the Duke of Cleveland, and Henry Surtees, esq. The area of the township is 989 acres ; rateable value, £1,128 ; and the population in 1871 was 111. The area of the ecclesiastical parish is 1,389 acres, and the population in 1871 was 144.
Letters through Darlington. Gainford is the nearest money order office
Village School, Miss Mary Turnage, mistress
Denton, a township and small village and ecclesiastical parish, 6 miles north-west-by-west from Darlington and 2 north from Pierce Bridge station, is in Darlington union and county court district, and was anciently a large town. The church, which was rebuilt in 1810, is a low, plain, stone building, consisting of chancel and nave. The register dates from the year 1586. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £126, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Gainford, and held by the Rev. John Birkbeck. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The area of the township is 966 acres ; rateable value, £1,493 ; and the population in 1871 was 111. The area of the ecclesiastical parish is 2,026 acres, and the population in 1871 was 113.
Letters through Darlington. Gainford is the nearest money order office
Parochial School, John High, master
Cleatlam township is 4 miles north-west from Gainford. John Bowes, esq. of Streatlam Castle, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 1,097 acres ; rateable value, £1,388 ; and the population in 1871 was 101.
Headlam is a township 2 miles north from Gainford. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. The area is 780 acres ; rateable value, £1,312 ; and the population in 1871 was 105.
Houghton-le-Side is a township 5 miles north-east from Gainford, and 7 north-west from Darlington, in Darlington union and county court district. The United Free Church Methodists have a chapel here. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are A. Kitchen and G. Sewell, esqs. The area is 1,060 acres ; rateable value, £1,146 ; and the population in 1871 was 113.
Langton township is 3 1/2 miles north from Gainford, and 7 1/2 north-east from Barnard Castle : it was one of the unrestored places resigned to the Earls of Northumberland by Bishop Aldune, and afterwards belonged to the Neviles, and is now the property of the Duke of Cleveland. The area is 1,061 acres ; rateable value, £1,362 ; the population in 1871 was 114.
Morton Tinmouth township is 4 miles north-by-east from Gainford and 9 north-east from Barnard Castle. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. The area is 399 acres ; rateable value, £576 ; and the population in 1871 was 33.
Pierce Bridge is a township and station on the Darlington section of the North Eastern railway, 5 1/2 miles east from Gainford, on the road to and 5 miles north-west from, Darlington, in Darlington union and county court district. The village belongs to the Duke of Cleveland. Many Roman remains and coins have been found. A church in the Early English style was built and consecrated in 1873. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. The area is 920 acres ; rateable value, £1,808 ; and the population in 1871 was 253.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—William Gordon, receiver. Letters from Darlington
Railway Station, Francis Wrightson, station master
Summer House township is 3 miles north-west from Gainford, and 6 miles west-north-west from Darlington, in Darlington union and county court district, and is the property of the Duke of Cleveland. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The area is 809 acres ; rateable value, £1,255 ; and the population in 1871 was 145.
Gainford.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Birkbeck Rev. John [vicar of Denton], High row
Bowen Rev. Crawford Townshend [vicar of Bolam]
Bowman William
Dakers Mrs
De Pledge Mrs
Edleston Rev. Jsph. LL.D., J.P. Vicarage
Elderton Mrs
Elliott Robert, High row
Elliott William
Emmerson Mrs
Emmerson Wade
Fenwick Mrs
Field Mrs
Hancock George
Hardy Mrs
Homfray Mrs
Hood Mrs. High row
Kitching Alfred, J.P. Elmfield
Low Mrs
Maude Mrs. Selaby hall
Michell Mrs
Middleditch Mrs. Selaby hall
Moyle Rev. Vyvyan Henry [Congregational]
Ormsby Mrs
Pearson Miss
Penny Mrs
Raine William Surtees, J.P
Scaife Mrs
Smith Christopher, High row
Telford Miss
Thomson Andrew
Wakefield Mrs
Wood Mrs
COMMERCIAL.
Abbs John, painter & decorator
Adamson Anthony, farmer, Selaby
Alcock John, shoe maker
Appleby Jane (Miss), grocer & draper
Arrowsmith James, butcher
Arrowsmith Jane (Mrs.), Lord Nelson
Arrowsmith Joseph, joiner
Bamberger Elizabeth (Mrs.), Cross Keys
Barlow Thomas, shoe maker
Beadle Matthew, blacksmith
Bowman William, farmer
Brownless Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Bulmer John, plumber & glazier
Clapham Matthew, stationer, & post office
Davison Matthew William, land agent
Eden Robert, carrier
Elliott Robert, farmer
Gargett William, farmer
Gent Robert, butcher
Gent William, butcher
Harker Robert, joiner & shopkeeper
Heaton Thomas, shoe maker
Heckley George, farmer, Greystone
Helmer Joseph, blacksmith
Hodgson Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Hodgson William, mason
Hutchinson Robert, farmer, Old Parks
Literary Institute (J. S. Ternent, librarian)
Lockey William, Railway inn
Lowson Robert, farmer, Snotterton
Maddison Elizabeth (Mrs.), Queen's Head
Maughan George, market gardener
Maughan Thomas, market gardener
Nicholson John, saddler
Scaife William, mason
Smithe William, carrier
Stainsby Robert, tailor & draper
Stephens Thomas, joiner
Stephenson Robert, farmer
Ternent Henry William, land surveyor
Thompson George, farmer, Greystone
Thomson Andrew, surgeon
Turnage George, George inn
Turner Jonathan, Nag's Head
Vart Thomas, miller
Waide Robert, inland revenue officer
Wakefield John, shoe maker
Wall Joseph, pharmaceutical chemist
Watson John, market gardener
Widdowfield Robert, market gardener
Bolam.
COMMERCIAL.
Bowes Margaret (Mrs.), farmer
Graham William, farmer
Hardy William, farmer
Lynes Matthew, farmer
Richardson Robert, farmer
Stobbs Robert, farmer
Teasdale Isabella (Mrs.), farmer
Wilson Joseph, farmer
Cleatlam.
Bowman Robert, farmer
Bowman William, farmer
Crosthwaite Joseph, farmer
Hogg James, farmer
Johnson Thomas, farmer
Rutter Matthew, farmer
Walker Jane (Mrs.), farmer
Walker Joseph, farmer
Watson Thomas, farmer
Denton.
Birkbeck Rev. John, Vicarage
Allison Robert, farmer, Denton grange
Goundry John, farmer
Peacock Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Pearson George, farmer, Selaby
Pearson John, farmer, Selaby
Simpson Robert, farmer
Stubbs Thomas, farmer
Theobald Anthony, farmer, Denton hall
Wright Robert, farmer
Headlam.
Brockett Mrs
Stobart William, Headlam hall
Allison John, farmer
Atkinson Nicholas, farmer
Dixon John, farmer
Dixon Ralph, farmer
Gent Robert, Headlam Arms
James George, farmer
Pattison Joseph, farmer
White Michael, farmer
Houghton-le-Side.
Appleby Michael, farmer
Arrowsmith Joseph, farmer
Booth Michael, farmer
Booth Thomas, farmer
Carter Robert, farmer
Dent Robert, farmer
Dixon Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Dixon Robert, farmer
Goundry Thomas, farmer
Lawson John, farmer
Pattison Thomas, farmer
Wilkinson Robert, farmer
Langton.
Ballan Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Bowman Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Cooper George, farmer
Denham Michael, farmer
Liddle George, farmer
Pearson Jonathan, farmer
Pearson Thomas, farmer
Scott William, farmer
Simpson Thomas, farmer
Towler Thomas, farmer
Wood James, farmer
Morton Tinmouth.
Dixon John, farmer
Maw Matthew, farmer
Pierce Bridge.
Bowman Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Dent Ralph, Carlbury Arms
Gordon William, grocer, & post office
Graham Ann (Mrs.), George inn
Grear Henry, farmer
Hall Edward, blacksmith
Middleton Christopher, corn miller
Page Thomas, butcher
Pickering Robert, Fox & Hounds
Playfair Robert, coal merchant
Robinson Ralph, George & Dragon
Smith John George, shoe maker
Swan Matthew, farmer
Thompson George, coal agent
Vasy Christopher, shoe maker
West George, beer retailer
Wilson William, butcher
Wrightson Francis, station master
Summer House.
Bowser Elizabeth (Miss), farmer
Close John, blacksmith
Dixon Robert, farmer
Elstob John, farmer
Fawcett John, tailor
Hall Thomas, farmer
Harker Joseph, farmer
Lawson John, grocer
Liddle Thomas, shoemaker
Lynes Thomas, shoe maker
Palister Joseph, shopkeeper
Robson Thomas, shopkeeper
Rutherford William, farmer
Smurthwaite Hannah (Mrs.), Raby Arms
Tinkler Joseph, joiner
Vasy Henry, shoe maker
Walker Robert, farmer
Widdowfield Robert, grocer
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