Enjoy a glimpse of history about Heighington in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
HEIGHINGTON is a parish, township, and village, 247 miles from London, 6 north-west from Darlington, about the same distance from Bishop Auckland, and $1\frac{1}{2}$ from the station of the Darlington section of the North Eastern railway; it is in the Southern division of the county, south-eastern division of Darlington ward, union and county court district of Darlington, rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The village is very open, and pleasantly situated on a hill, commanding extensive and beautiful views of the surrounding country. The parish contains the townships of HEIGHINGTON, REDWORTH, SCHOOL AYCLIFFE, WALWORTH, and COATS-A-MOOR. The church of St. Michael is an ancient stone building in the Norman style; it has a square tower with 3 bells, chancel, nave, transept, porch, and an organ. The register dates from the year 1559. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £336, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and held by the Rev. Charles Clinton Chevallier, M.A. of Bishop Hatfield’s Hall, Durham. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. The principal landowners are the Rev. W. Cumby, H. E. Surtees, esq. Mr. John Wilkinson, and Mr. Page Page. The soil is a heavy loam; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, peas and clover. The area of the township is 1,743 acres; rateable value, £4,577 10s.; the population in 1871 was 697.
POST OFFICE.—Mrs. Mary Ann Mitchell, postmistress. Letters arrive from Darlington at 15 min. to 7 a.m.; dispatched at 25 min. past 5 p.m. Great Aycliffe is the nearest money order office
INSURANCE AGENTS—Sovereign Life, B. Houldsworth & P. Parkinson
Assistant Overseer, William Bellwood
National School, John Johnson, master; Miss Jane Best, mistress
Railway Station, William Wilson, station master
Redworth is a township and small village in the parish of Heighington, about 1 mile west from the church, and about 5 miles south-south-east of Bishop Auckland. Here is a Wesleyan chapel erected in 1878. Here are the remains of the entrenchments of an encampment, situated on Shackerton Hill. Redworth Hall, an old Elizabethan stone mansion, beautifully situated in a park, in the township of Redworth, and having extensive views of the surrounding country, is about 1 mile from the village of Heighington and is the seat of Henry Edward Surtees, esq. J.P., D.L. The principal landowners are Henry Edward Surtees, esq. J.P. and Sir George Musgrave, bart. The area is 1,840 acres; rateable value, £6,587 10s.; the population in 1871 was 325.
—Letters through Darlington. The nearest money order office is at New Shildon.
Coats-a-Moor is a hamlet and township $1\frac{1}{4}$ miles from the church, with an area of 455 acres; rateable value, £368 15s; and a population in 1871 of 20.—Letters through Darlington. The nearest money order office is at Great Aycliffe.
School Aycliffe is a small township in the parish of Heighington, 1 mile north-east from the church, consisting of a few houses, with 27 inhabitants and 524 acres; rateable value, £2,697.
Walworth is a township in the parish of Heighington, 5 miles north-west of Darlington, and contains a few scattered houses, and is divided into two hamlets, called High and Low Walworth. The principal landowners are the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and Pierce Aylmer, esq. Walworth Castle, the residence of Henry C. Smithson, esq. is situated in this township, and is the property of Pierce Aylmer, esq. The area is 2,132 acres; rateable value, £2,934 15s; the population in 1871 was 180.—Letters through Darlington, which is the nearest money order office.
Heighington.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bamlett Mrs. The Hall
Barrett Mrs. Heighington house
Bellwood John
Bryson Mrs
Burdon Thomas
Chevallier Rev. Charles Clinton, M.A. Vicarage
Dixon Rev. James
Dote Thomas, Newton
Ellison John
Graham Richard
Hall Col. George, J.P
Head Miss
Hodgson Miss
Lax William
Mackie James
Marley George
Minto George
Musgrave William
Nowell Mrs
Oxendale Mrs
Robson Mrs
Simpson Miss
Simpson Mrs
Stevenson Thomas
White Charles
Wilson Mrs
Zell Robert
COMMERCIAL.
Ainley Miss, seminary
Armstrong Joseph, tailor
Ayton M. & J. (Misses), dress makers
Baines John, cowkeeper, Fowler house
Bell Thomas, farmer & carrier
Bellwood Wm. joiner & assist. overseer
Bowron David, farmer, Broom Dykes
Bowser John, Bay Horse Brown John, shoe maker
Brown Joseph, shoe maker
Brownless George, grocer & draper
Brownless Jhn. Steven, grcr. & pro. dlr
Brunton Thomas, Red Lion Burnett Thomas, boot & shoe maker
Burrell William, boot & shoe maker
Clapham William, carrier
Clement Robert, gardener
Clement Thomas, farmer, Spring wells
Colling John, farmer, Manor house
Croft John, grocer
Davison John, farmer
Dawson William, farmer, Hope farm
Dickinson Fanny & Mary (Misses), seminary
Dixon Rev. Jas. classical boarding schl
Gargett Joseph, cowkeeper
Glass Thomas, farmer
Gouldsborough Ralph, quarrymn.& frmr
Hodgson Jonathan, farmer, Park house
Hopper George, Cock, Broom dykes
Hornsby John, saddler
Leroyd William, stone mason
Mackie James, surgeon
Maynard James, farmer, Hollywell frm
Mitchell Mary Ann (Mrs.), grocer, & post office
Musgrave Stephen, tailor
Paverley Thomas, farmer, Broom dykes
Peacock Phœbe (Mrs.), grocer & draper
Peacock Thomas, proprietor of steam threshing machines, farmer
Picken John, butcher
Plews Thomas, greengrocer
Race George, cowkeeper
Ray William, farmer
Robinson Geo. farmer, White House frm
Rodham William, farmer & cattle dealer
Sayer Braithwaite, butcher & farmer
Sayer Charles Gilson, butcher
Shotten Edward, George & Dragon Sidgwick Joseph, miller
Simpson John, builder
Smart Edward, mason & frmr. Toytop
Smith Edward, gardener
Smith Peter, market gardener
Sowerby John, tailor
Sowerby Thomas, saddler
Spaven Israel, joiner
Spencer William, farmer
Storey George, butcher
Storey John, Cross Lanes, & farmer, Cross lanes
Strickland Robert Inger, stone mason
Thain Mark, baker
Walker Henry, butcher
Walker James, farmer, Cross lanes
Warwick John Hewitson, blacksmith & agricultural implement maker and repairer, Aycliffe
Wastell William, registrar of births & deaths for the Aycliffe district of the Darlington union
Watson Matthew, farmer, Toytop farm
Whitfield Thomas John, tailor
Wilkinson John, farmer, Twinsburn
Willey Moses, farmer
Wilson George, joiner
Wilson John, herbalist
Wilson Thomas, tailor
Coats-a-Moor.
Applegarth Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Waugh Anthony, farmer, Bracks farm
Redworth.
Surtees Hy. Edwd. D.L., J.P. Redworth hall
COMMERCIAL.
Baty Joseph & Thomas, farmers
Bellwood Wm. shoe ma.& frmr.Ness crook
Blenkinsop Nicholson, boot & shoe maker & farmer
Bolckow & Vaughan, farmers & colliery proprietors
Bonner John, cowkeeper
Burdon Stephn.& Jhn. frmrs. Newbiggin
Coats Thomas, farmer
Graham William, cartwright
Hodgson George, blacksmith & grocer
Hodgson John, cowkeeper
Hopps James, farmer
Huggill Joseph, farmer
Johnson Thomas, Pack Horse inn Mawson William, cowkeeper
Nox James, farmer, Todd farm
Raine Elizabeth (Mrs.), Surtees Arms Robson John Edward & Alfred, Royal Oak, & farmers
Sowerby John, farmer, Newbiggin
Stanwick William, frmr. Southfield ho
Whitfield William, farmer, Thickley
School Aycliffe.
Barlow John, farmer
Callandar Thos. farmer, Sym pasture
Kitchen William, farmer
Walworth.
Smithson Henry C. Walworth castle
Thompson Capt. Robt. Low Walworth
COMMERCIAL.
Beck James, farmer, Home farm
Davison Geo. blacksmith, Walworth gte
Davison Wm. blacksmith, Walworth gate
Grainger Jacob, cartwright, Walwrth.gt
Grainger Joseph, joiner & rate collector
Hewitson Thos.& Robt. farmers, Cowfold
Hewitson William, farmer, Throstle nest
Lishman John & Matt. farmers, New moor
Miller Philip, farmer, East farm
Paverley Richard, farmer, North farm
Routledge John Garnet, farmer, West farm
Sleightholme Robt. farmer, Low Walwrth
Sleightholme John, farmer, Peel acres
Stevenson Geo. farmer, Walworth moor
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