Enjoy a glimpse of history about Hart in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
HART is an extensive agricultural parish, embracing, besides the township of its own name, those of DALTON-PIERCY, ELWICK, NESBITT, THORPE-BULMER and THROSTON, in the South division of the county, northeastern division of Stockton ward, Hartlepool union and county court district, rural deanery of Stockton, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The small village of Hart, which has a station on the North Eastern railway, is pleasantly situated on a gentle eminence, 4 miles south-by-south-east from Castle Eden, and about the same distance north-by-north-west from Hartlepool. The church of St. Mary Magdalen is an ancient stone structure, principally in the Norman style: it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, low square tower, in which are 3 bells, and a south porch, and has an organ: in the porch and the north aisle are several grotesque heads, which are much mutilated: there is a very curious antique font, of octagonal form, ornamented with figures of saints and cherubs: the church is built of limestone, which is obtained in abundance in the neighbourhood. The register dates from the year 1577. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £240, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and held by the Rev. John Stewart, B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The vicarage house is pleasantly situated at the north-west side of the village. On the south-west side, adjoining the churchyard, is the manor house, and a short distance to the west are the remains of an ancient building which, from the portion of wall still standing, appears to have been monastic: the foundations extend a considerable distance to the north. Frederick A. Milbank, esq. M.P. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is of a clayey nature; the subsoil is gravel and limestone. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and potatoes. The area of the township is 2,589 acres; the assessed acreage, 2,457 acres; and the rateable value £5,132; the population in 1871 was 309.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Richardson.
POST OFFICE.—Thomas Richardson, receiver. Letters from Castle Eden station arrive at 10 a.m. & are dispatched at 2.55 p.m. Castle Eden and Hartlepool are the nearest money order offices
Village School, Samuel Lancaster, master
Railway Station, Jonathan Moody, station master
Dalton Piercy is a township and small village in the parish of Hart, from which village it is 3 miles south and 1 mile south-east from Elwick, its nearest post office. In 1370, this township was sold by Henry Lord Percy to Sir John Neville, of Raby, and was forfeited, in 1569, by the Earl of Westmorland. The United Methodists have a small place of worship here. The chief landowners are now J. and L. Atkinson, J. M. Stafford, esqs. and the Misses Jobson. It comprises 987 acres; rateable value, £993; the population in 1871 was 69.—Letters received through Castle Eden station, via Elwick.
Elwick is a township and village 2 miles south-south-west from the village of Hart, 4 south-south-east from Castle Eden, 4 west from Hartlepool, 6 north from Billingham and 9 north from Stockton. The church for the parish of Elwick Hall is situated close to this village. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. Elwick anciently belonged to the Nevilles. The principal landed proprietors are B. M. and M. Stafford, J. Jobson, R. Whitfield, esqs. Rev. R. H. Williamson and the trustees of the late G. Smith. The soil is strong; subsoil, clay. The crops are wheat and oats. It comprises an area of 1,500 acres; rateable value, £2,048; and the population in 1871 was 247.
POST OFFICE.—Thomas Robinson, postmaster. Letters arrive from Castle Eden station at 8.10 a.m. & are dispatched at 3.30 p.m. The nearest money order offices are at Castle Eden & West Hartlepool. No business is done at this office on Sundays
CARRIERS TO:—
CASTLE EDEN—Robert Lee, friday
HARTLEPOOL—William Lee, saturday
STOCKTON-ON-TEES—Robert Lee, wednesday & saturday
Nesbitt is a township in the parish of Hart, 2 miles north from the village, in Easington ward and union, comprising one farm of 226 acres; rateable value, £188; with, in 1871, 7 persons. Anthony Wilkinson, esq. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips.—Letters through Castle Eden station.
Thorpe Bulmer is a township in the parish of Hart, about 1 mile north from the church, in Hartlepool union and Easington ward: it consists of three farms only. G. Scurfield, esq. is lord of the manor. The landowners are G. Scurfield, G. H. Paterson and C. Stephenson, esqs. The soil is strong; subsoil, chiefly clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans and oats. The area is 903 acres; rateable value, £1,398; and a population in 1871 of 30. —Letters through Castle Eden station via Hart. The nearest money order offices are at Castle Eden and Hartlepool.
Throston is a township in the parish of Hart, situated about 2½ miles west-by-south from Hartlepool. The suburb of Hartlepool, called EGYPT, is in this township; the names of residents are given with Hartlepool. F. A. Milbank, esq. M.P. is the lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is strong; subsoil, clay and limestone. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and potatoes. The area is 1,575 acres; rateable value, £14,356; the population in 1861 was 745, and in 1871 was 1,918.
LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
Millbank crescent, Egypt.
Board meets first saturday in every month
Chairman, Thomas Tweddell
Medical Officer, George Moore, M.D.
Clerk, Ralph Hutchinson Young
Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, James Garry
Collector, John Richardson
Assistant Overseer, John Richardson
Hartlepool Union Workhouse, J. P. Hurworth, master
Hart.
Miller Robert
Stephenson Mrs. Manor house
Stephenson William Chilton, Manor ho
Stewart Rev. John, B.A. [vicar], Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Bastow Paul, miller
Bastow Paul, jun. Raby Arms Birtwhistle Hezekiah, gamekeeper to F. A. Milbank, esq. M.P.
Cragg George, farmer, Hart moor
Crowe Richard, farmer, Springwell ho
Darling Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Deane Henry, blacksmith
Elders Thomas, farmer
Gibson Martin, shopkeeper
Greaveson Robert, blacksmith
Green John, tailor
Harrison Henry, White Hart Heppell William, farmer
Lee George, cartwright
Millar William & Holmes, shoe makers
Miller Mary (Mrs.), cowkeeper
Moody Thomas, shoe maker
Procter Brothers, farmers
Richardson John, farmer, Warren
Richardson Thos. overseer & collector
Richardson Thomas, shopkeeper
Robinson Christopher, mason
Stephenson Annie (Mrs.), frmr. Manor ho
Sunman Richard, farmer
Sweeting Jackson, hay & corn dealer
Taylorson John, cartwright
Winter George, farmer, Whelly hill
Wooler William Emmerson, farmer
Dalton Piercy.
Alliman Wilkinson, frmr. Harton Hill frm
Frizzell Wm. John, farmer, Field house
Hodgson Thomas, Red Lion, & farmer
Jobson Joseph, farmer
Jordison William & John, farmers
Stokell Stephen, market gardener
Elwick.
Corner John
COMMERCIAL.
Adamson John, farmer
Arrowsmith Henry, blacksmith
Arrowsmith Mary Jane (Mrs.), shopkeepr
Carter Henry, farmer
Crookes William, farmer
Gibbon Stephen, cartwright
Harrison James, Macarelle inn Hutchinson Thos. farmer, Middleton ho
Jobson Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Benknowl
Lee Robert, carrier
Lee William, carrier
Mowbray Robert Robinson, farmer
Raw William, miller
Robinson Henry, cartwright
Robinson Thomas, grocer & shoe maker
Robinson William, tailor
Rutherford James, tailor
Stafford Benj. Milburn & Milburn, farmers
Stafford Joseph, farmer
Suggit Henry, farmer, North Urn
Whitfield Ralph, farmer, Dove Cote
Wright Thomas, tailor
Nesbitt.
Brown Robert, farmer, Nesbitt hall
Thorpe Bulmer.
Brown Matthew, farmer, Middlethorpe
Miller William, farmer, Grindon house
Stephenson Haswell, farmer
Throston.
Anderson Rbt. frm. bailiff to Mrs. Darling
Hunter Thos. farmer, Throston grange
Raw William, farmer, Tunstall
Reservoir of the Hartlepool Water Co. (Thomas Gray, manager)
Richardson John, farmer, Naisberry
Richardson John, farmer
Stephenson William Thompson, farmer
Walton John, farmer
[For other names in Throston, see HARTLEPOOL.]
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