Ingleton, County Durham

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The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

INGLETON is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1845 from the parishes of Staindrop and Heighington, township and village, $8\frac{1}{2}$ miles north-west from Darlington, and $2\frac{1}{2}$ north from Gainford station, $2\frac{1}{2}$ east from Staindrop, in the Southern division of the county, south-west division of Darlington ward, Teesdale union, Barnard Castle county court district, Darlington rural deanery, Durham diocese and archdeaconry, situated on the main road from Barnard Castle to Darlington, by way of Staindrop. The parish comprises the townships of HILTON, WALKERFIELD and KILLERBY. The church of St. John is a stone building, erected in 1844, in the Early English style: has chancel, nave, aisle, belfry, 1 bell, and porch: an addition of half an acre was made to the burial ground in February, 1876. The register dates from 1844. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Staindrop, and held by the Rev. Joseph M. Shepherd, M.A. of Queen’s College, Oxford, instituted March, 1874. There is a village school for boys and girls erected in 1819 and enlarged in 1874, so as to be capable of holding 120 children. There are Primitive Methodist and Congregational chapels. There are charities of £16 12s. 11d. yearly value. The Duke of Cleveland, who is lord of the manor, and Timothy Hutchinson, esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey and sandy; the subsoil is gravel. The area is 813 acres; rateable value, £1,798; the population of the township in 1871 was 247; acreage out of the ecclesiastical parish, 3,164; population of the whole parish, 667.

Walkerfield township is 2 miles north-west from the church. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 744 acres; rateable value, £1,187; and the population in 1871 was 156.

Hilton township is 1 mile north. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 1,092 acres; rateable value, £1,099; and the population in 1871 was 113.

Killerby township, in Heighington civil parish, in Darlington union and county court district, is 1 mile east and $6\frac{1}{2}$ north-west from Darlington. W. Clark, esq. W. Wass, esq. and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are the chief landowners. The area is 605 acres; rateable value, £1,023; and the population in 1871 was 97. The townships form the ecclesiastical district.

Letters are received through Darlington. The nearest money order office is at Gainford

School, Thomas Butcher, master

Ingleton.

Brass John

Burton John

Dale William

Emmerson Mrs.

Shepherd Rev. Joseph M., M.A. Vicarage

COMMERCIAL.

Brunskill Thomas, farmer

Dawson John & Elizh. (Mrs.), farmers

Elgie John, farmer

Hall Joseph, farmer

Hornsby John, saddler

Lee Thomas, miller

Milner John, butcher

Neasham George, tailor

Neasham John, wheelwright

Nelson John, Wheatsheaf Peacock Henry, shoe maker

Pearson Thomas, grocer

Pickering Margaret (Mrs.), grocer

Rayson Charles, blacksmith

Rayson Edward, farmer

Rayson George, grocer

Rayson Henry, accountant

Richardson Wm. & Thos. stone masons

Robinson Francis, farmer

Snowdon Robert, shoe maker

Taylor Thomas, corn factor

Thompson Anthony, Black Horse Thornton John, market gardener

Todd Joseph, farmer

Turnbull Joseph, blacksmith

Turnbull Thomas, farmer

Watson Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer

Whitfield Richard, farmer

Wilson Thomas, farmer

Hilton.

Binks William, Black Horse

Bousfield Robert, carrier

Chandler Christopher, farmer

Dickenson Thomas, joiner

Howe Robert, farmer

Hutchinson George, blacksmith

Mills John, farmer

Sanderson Anthony, farmer

Sewell James, farmer

Thompson Thomas, farmer

Watson William, farmer

Killerby.

Bowser Thomas, farmer

Clark William, farmer

Coltman John, farmer

Emmerson Edward, farmer

Hardy Charles, shoe maker

Raine William, farmer

Todd Mary (Mrs.), grocer Wilkinson George, farmer

Walkerfield.

Gorside George, blacksmith

Hall Mary (Mrs.), Sun inn Hawdon John, farmer

Hawdon William Watson, farmer

Jackson John, farmer