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Heworth, Tyne & Wear: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Heworth, North East England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879



HEWORTH, comprising UPPER HEWORTH, HEWORTH SHORE and BILL QUAY, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 1843, out of the parish of Jarrow, from which it is 3 miles south-west, three-quarters of a mile east from Felling, and half a mile west from Pelaw railway stations, 2 miles east from Gateshead and about 3 south-east from Newcastle, a polling place for the Northern division of the county, in the east division of Chester-le-Street ward, union and county court district of Gateshead, rural deanery of Chester, and archdeaconry and diocese of Durham: it is situated on the Darlington and Brandling Junction railway, which passes through the village on the south bank of the navigable river Tyne. The church of St. Mary is a handsome Gothic cruciform stone structure, erected in 1822 near the site of the old church: it has a chancel, nave and transepts, with an organ and square embattled tower containing 1 bell. The register dates from the year 1822. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £232, with residence, in the gift of Lady James and Mrs. Drewett, and held by the Rev. James Steel. Here is a National school for boys and girls, and a Sunday school held in the school-room. The Dean & Chapter of Durham are lords of the manor and chief landowners, but there are a few smaller owners. The soil is clay and loam; subsoil, various. The chief crops are corn and turnips; and the area, including Felling, is 2,853 acres; rateable value, £68,572; and the population in 1861 was 10,315, and in 1871, 13,755.

Upper Heworth is a village on an eminence, about three-quarters of a mile south from the church, and consists of scattered houses. Here are a colliery and several stone quarries.

Bill Quay and Heworth Shore, half a mile north from the church, is a populous neighbourhood, where there are several chemical and cement works, and shipbuilding is carried on. The Wesleyans have a chapel here.

Wardley is a small hamlet, one mile east from the church, where there is a colliery and a few scattered houses. The Bridlington junction with the Newcastle and Darlington lines has a station here, called the Pelaw Junction station.

POST OFFICE, Heworth.—Luke Dobinson, receiver. Letters arrive via Newcastle at 7.20 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. Felling is the nearest money order & telegraph office

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Bill Quay.—John Boult, receiver. Letters arrive via Newcastle at 7.20 a.m.; dispatched at 5.15 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Felling

Relieving Officer & Registrar of Births & Deaths for Heworth District, William Hill Stephenson, Wesley terrace, Felling

SCHOOLS:—

National, Heworth, J. S. Mager, master

National, Upper Heworth, Francis Haynes, master; Mrs. Ann Haynes, mistress

Board, Bill Quay, John Logan, master; Mrs. — Bone, mistrs

Railway Station, Pelaw Junction, W. H. Henry, station mstr

Heworth.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Boiston Thomas, Upper Heworth

Forster Richard Carnaby, White house, Upper Heworth

Hind James, Upper Heworth

Meynell S. T. Heworth hall

Palmer Alfred Septimus, Wardley hall

Potts Wm. J. Leams, Upper Heworth

Steel Rev. James [vicar], Vicarage

Wylam Edward, Leams, Upper Heworth

Wylam Mrs. Leams, Upper Heworth

COMMERCIAL.

Adamson William, farmer

Alder George, mechanical engineer, Heworth shore

Alder Robert William, blacksmith

Appleby & Co. tar, grease & varnish works, Heworth shore

Bell William, grocer, Heworth lane

Boiston & Hind, spade & shovel makers, Upper Heworth

Boiston Thos. quarry owner, Up. H’wrth

Boutland Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Bowes John & partners, colliery proprietors (Alfred Septimus Palmer, viewer), Wardley colliery; office, Quay, Newcastle

Chapman John, farmer, Lingey house

Chapman John, shopkeeper

Clark Thomas, farmer, White House farm, Upper Heworth

Clayton Robert, bone setter, Wardley

Coulson David, farmer, Upper Heworth

Coulson Robert, farmer, Wardley

Coulson William, farmer, Leam farm

Davidson John, farmer, Wood gate

Edwards William, shopkeeper

Fittes Edward, joiner, Heworth lane

Fittes Robert, beer retailer, Heworth la

Henderson William Charles Chipchase, manufactrng. chemist, Heworth shore

Heworth Cement Co. portland cement makers, Heworth shore

Hindmarsh William, Swan inn Inery Robert & Co. manufacturing chemists, Heworth shore

Lavery Daniel, grocer & butcher, Heworth shore

Longstaffe William, farmer, Blue house

Loraine Stephen, builder

Metcalfe George, Wheatsheaf inn Murray William, farmer

Nixon Robert, farmer, Heworth grange

Osselton Christopher, grocer, Heworth la

Owners of Heworth Colliery, colliery proprietors (John Simpson, viewer), Upper Heworth

Parkin William, news agent, Heworth la

Powell Joshua, butcher, Heworth lane

Proud George, farmer, South Fellonsby, Upper Heworth

Robson Robert, farmer, Cowpath lane

Rodgers George, shopkeeper

Sibbald Charles, Ravensworth Arms, Upper Heworth

Simpson John, mining engineer, Upper Heworth house

Simpson Mary (Mrs.), farmer

Tate, Brown & Co. quarry owners, Heworth & Felling quarries; office, 43 Sandhill, Newcastle. See advert

Thompson John, farmer, Wardley; & colliery viewer, Upper Heworth

Wade George, marine store dealer, Heworth lane

Watson George, Black Bull, Heworth lane

Waugh Thomas, farm bailiff to William Forster, esq. White ho. Up. Heworth

Wraith Thos. & Co. coal mer. Up. Heworth

Wright Samuel, cartwright

Bill Quay.

Marchant Jesse

Reay Matthew

Baty Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Bill Quay Coal Co. Limited (Matthew Wardley, manager), coal merchants

Boult John, shopkeeper, & post office

Boutland Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Boutland William Edward, iron & wood ship builder

Brown John, Lamb inn Burnett Thos. & Son, manufacrng. chem

Cook Brothers, manufacturing chemists

Davison Sophia (Miss), milliner

Dobson John, shoe maker

Gilchrist William, beer retailer

Hoyle, Robson & Co. paint & color works

Keers Peter, com. traveller, Emily cot

Lagan Michael Masons’ Arms Mackey Patrick, pawnbroker

Maddison John, boat builder

Maddison William, shopkeeper

Melville James, pawnbroker

Osselton William, Ship inn Reay Richard, butcher

Reay Thomas, butcher

Robson John, boat builder

Simms James, Bottle House inn Simpson John, shopkeeper

Staward John, Albion inn Swinburne John, shopkeeper

Wardle William, farmer

Woodcock David, beer retlr. & blacksmith

Wynn Jane (Mrs.), Quay inn
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Location: Heworth, Gateshead NE10, UK

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