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Haverton Hill, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

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

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879



HAVERTON HILL is an ecclesiastical parish and village, formed out of the parish of Billingham in 1862: it comprises Haverton Hill, in the township of Billingham, PORT CLARENCE, or, as it is sometimes called, Clarence Iron Works, and the Durham University estate of SALTHOLME, which latter forms part of the township of Cowpen Bewley, in the Southern division of the county, north-eastern division of Stockton ward, Stockton county court district, rural deanery of Stockton, archdeaconry of the officialty of the Dean and Chapter of Durham and diocese of Durham. The North Eastern railway (West Hartlepool section) has a station at Port Clarence, and also one at Haverton Hill. The church of St. John the Evangelist is a brick building, with stone dressings, erected in 1866 at a cost of about £1,500, and has sittings for 240: it consists of chancel, nave and small bell turret for 2 bells, but it is so built as to be capable of aisles being added when required: in the east gable there is a handsome stained window; in the west, two lancets, and four smaller lancets in the sides of the chancel; the font, which is very handsome, is of Caen stone, with incised work, emblematic of the four Evangelists. The register dates from the year 1865. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, with good residence, erected by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and 24 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham and held by the Rev. John Alfred Lodge, B.A. of Jesus College, Oxford. At Port Clarence Works there is a temporary iron church, at which the vicar of Haverton Hill officiates on Sunday and Thursday evenings: there is also a school for boys, girls and infants, supported by Messrs. Bell Brothers, and a mixed school at Haverton Hill, with teacher’s residence. The Catholics hold service here in a room set apart in the priest’s house, and also in the school room at Port Clarence. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are considerable landowners here. The population in 1871 was: Haverton Hill, 416; and of Port Clarence, 830.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank, Port Clarence.—Miss Margaret Bell Hilton, postmistress. Letters through Middlesbrough arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m

NATIONAL SCHOOLS:—

Haverton Hill, Peter Huntington, master

Port Clarence, John William Shaw, master; (infants’), Mrs. Emily Shaw, mistress; (girls’), Miss Kate Kirby, mistress

RAILWAY STATIONS:—

Haverton Hill, George Saint, station master

Port Clarence, Benjamin Eyles, station master

Haverton Hill.

Bamlett Thomas

Bourke Rev. Michael Daley [Catholic]

Earle John William, Saltholme

Lodge Rev. John Alfred, B.A. [vicar]

Bamlett Thomas, farmer

Crooks Thomas, Clarence tavern Earle John William, farmer, Saltholme

Heslop John, Ship inn Lund Jane (Mrs.), Queen’s Head Munro Finlay, surgeon

Robinson Ann (Miss), grocer

Robinson Thomas, butcher

Robinson Thomas, grocer

Port Clarence.

Anderston Foundry Co. railway chair makers

Bell Brothers Limited, iron manufacturers, Clarence iron works; office, at Middlesbrough

Co-operative stores, grocers & dealers

Crosby Thomas, Teve inn Hilton Margaret Bell (Miss), linen draper & post office

Milburn Peter, butcher

Quinn John, Ship inn Stainthorpe Christiana (Mrs.), draper

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Location: Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham TS23 1QE, UK

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