Haswell, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Haswell 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

HASWELL is a township and ecclesiastical parish formed in 1870 from the parish of Easington, including HIGH and LOW HASWELL and HASWELL LANE, in the Northern division of the county, Easington union, county court district of Seaham Harbour, rural deanery of Easington (southern division), archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, 9 miles west from Easington, 7 east from Durham, 9 south from Sunderland, and 12 north-west from Hartlepool. The Sunderland and Hartlepool branch of the North Eastern railway has a station here. The town is well supplied with both gas and water. The church of St. Paul is a red brick building, and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle and porch, and has 1 bell; in the chancel are two large stained windows. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the Bishop of the Diocese, and held by the Rev. William Robert Oldroyd. The Colliery school is a commodious building, attended by about 600 children of both sexes, partly supported by the Haswell Coal Company; it is conducted upon the National system. There is also a Church Sunday school attended by 300 children. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, with a Sunday school attached to each. The South Hetton and Haswell coal is of superior quality, and is sent by railway to be shipped at Sunderland, Seaham Harbour, and Hartlepool. The land is chiefly the property of George Dering, esq. who is lord of the manor, Henry George Baker, esq. of Elemore Hall, and T. C. Thompson, esq. The soil is light and loamy; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat, oats, and potatoes. The township comprises 3,116 acres; rateable value, £15,852. The population of the whole township, in 1801, was 93, and in 1861 it had increased to 4,165, and in 1871 to 5,622; it owes its prosperity to the extensive coal mines situated in the township.

HIGH HASWELL, half a mile west from Haswell Lane, contains three farms and a few cottages. LOW HASWELL, 1 mile west, is a farm. HASWELL COLLIERY village is a quarter of a mile south-west from Haswell Lane, a populous place, chiefly inhabited by colliers.

—Letters received through Fence Houses.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, & Savings Bank, Miss Mary Cawthorne, postmistress. Letters arrive from Fence Houses at 8 a.m. & dispatched at 1.54 & 8.45. Easington Lane is the nearest money order office

INSURANCE AGENT, Royal, J. G. Newby, Haswell colly

National Schools, Arthur Norton, master; Miss Annie Johnson, mistress

Railway Station, Matthew Best, station master

CARRIERS TO DURHAM.—Thomas Mitchell & George Lister, every saturday, returning at 3 p.m. same day

CARRIER TO NEWCASTLE.—Ralph Dove, every tuesday & saturday, returning from the Sun inn, Gateshead, at 3.30 the same day

High Haswell.

Hodgson John Matthew, farmer

Laidier Isabella (Mrs.), farmer

COMMERCIAL.

Robinson John, farmer, poor rate collector & land steward to Haswell Colliery Co

Low Haswell.

Turnbull Thomas, farmer

Haswell Lane.

Burnip John

Chapman John White

Fothergill Smart Atkinson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P

Hornsby George

Hunter John

Oldroyd Rev. William Robert, Vicarage

COMMERCIAL.

Armstrong John, beer retailer

Brown Jas. furniture remover & shpkpr

Blenkinsop Thomas, Haswell tavern Bulmer Robert, boot & shoe maker

Co-operative Stores (John White Chapman, manager; Henry Hinds, sec)

Craggs William, greengrocer

Crowder John, grocer

Dawe Frederick, boot & shoe warehouse

Dawson John, general dealer

Dent Joseph, draper

Dixon George, beer retailer

Dixon William, grocer & draper

Dodsworth Robert, grocer & draper

Donnison Matthew, Railway tavern Dove Ralph, carrier

Foster Ann (Mrs.), grocer

Fothergill Smart Atknsn. physician & surgeon

Fowell Anthony, George inn Harding Robert, Odd Fellows’ Arms Haswell Colliery Offices (William F. Hall, manager; John Hunter, cashier)

Haswell & Shotton Water Co. Limited (John George Newby, sec.; John Hunter, treasurer)

Hepplewhite Thomas, butcher

Heron Ralph, farmer, Holy cross

Hood Ann (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker

Huggins Leonard, butcher, Crosswell la

Jameson Thomas, Dun Cow Jefferson Robert, grocer & painter

Kemp John, butcher

Laws Thomas, stationer

Lister George, carrier

Matthews James, hair dresser

Metcalfe Marmaduke, watch maker

Minto Ann (Mrs.), draper

Mitchell Andrew, tailor & draper

Mitchell Thomas, carrier

Mole George, blacksmith

Murray Thomas, farmer, Pesspool hall

Nicholson Thomas, general dealer

Pringle Thomas, ale & porter merchant

Rain Joseph, farmer, North Pesspool

Sedgwick James, grocer

Sherlock Jane (Mrs.), Railway hotel Smith John, shopkeeper

Southern George, grocer

Sparks David, shopkeeper

Sparks John Budge, gas works

Sparks Robert C. cabinet maker

Steel George, fruiterer & general dealer

Stephenson Richard, greengrocer

Thompson John, grocer & draper

Ward Thomas, shopkeeper

Webb Thomas, Three Horseshoes inn Wild Thomas, Plough inn Willis John, cabinet maker

Young John, butcher

Young John George, butcher

Young William, butcher

Young Eliza (Mrs.), milliner

Haswell Moor.

Hall William F. The Lodge

COMMERCIAL.

Dobson Esther (Mrs.), Pemberton Arms Epplewhite Eliza (Mrs.), butcher

Rain John Brothers, farmers

Sheel Hugh, grocer & draper

Stevenson Thomas, butcher