Middleton St George, County Durham: People and Places in 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Middleton St George  in County Durham, England, UK.

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The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE is a township and parish 5 miles east from Darlington, 4 south from Yarm, and 8 from Stockton-on-Tees, in the Southern division of the county, south-western division of the ward of Stockton, Darlington union and county court district, rural deanery of Stockton, and archdeaconry and diocese of Durham; it is bounded on the south by the Tees, and the Stockton and Darlington railway passes at the extremity of the parish, and has a station at Fighting Cocks, 1 1/2 miles from the village. The old parish church of St. George is a small plain structure. The church of St. Lawrence, which is used as a chapel of ease to the old parish church, was erected on a commanding eminence on the bank of the Tees in 1870-1, at a cost of upwards of £2,000: it will seat about 230 people, and consists of a chancel, nave and small tower, surmounted by a graceful spire. The living is a rectory, yearly value £100, with about 16 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Henry A. W. Cocks, esq. who is lay rector, and held by the Rev. Joseph George Richardson, b.a. of Durham University. The National schools, for boys and girls were erected by subscription in 1871, at a cost of nearly £2,000. Here is a Free Church. Henry A. W. Cocks, esq. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Henry A. W. Cocks, esq. and Mrs. Addison. The soil is a strong clay, that portion lying on the banks of the Tees being of a rich description, and produces excellent crops of wheat, beans, oats, turnips and barley. The area is 2,050 acres; rateable value, £12,634; the population in 1871 was 826.

MIDDLETON-ONE-ROW is a village in the township and parish of Middleton St. George, pleasantly situated on the north bank of the Tees, 5 miles from Darlington, and consists principally of one long row of good houses: owing to its proximity to the Dinsdale Baths, this place has much improved. An omnibus plies between the village and the Fighting Cocks station on the Stockton and Darlington railway.

OAK TREE is a hamlet 6 miles east of Darlington, and derives its name from the sign of a public house.

FIGHTING COCKS is a hamlet, partly in this and Low Dinsdale parishes, situated on the Darlington and Yarm road, 1 mile from Middleton-One-Row, and has a station on the Stockton and Darlington railway.

Parish Clerk, Robert Teasdale.

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank Middleton-One-Row.—Joseph Rodwell, postmaster Letters arrive from Darlington at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 4.30 p.m

POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Fighting Cocks.—William Horseman, postmaster. Letters arrive from Darlington at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6.30 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Middleton-One-Row

National School, George Dixon Atkinson, master

Railway Station, Fighting Cocks, Wm. Raine, station master

Middleton St. George.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Barnard William Payne, The Friar

Chapman John George, Tower hill

Cocks Henry William Andrew The Hall

Gibson Thomas James

Harker John George, Inverary house

Harwood Miss Jane, The Orphanage

Henderson William, Violet villas

Jackson Christopher, Pemberton house

Leslie Nathaniel

Mawlam Thos. Watson, Providence ho

Muller Chas. Middleton, St. George’s hall

Porteous David, m.d. Felix house

Purves James O

Smith John, The Friary

Stevenson George, Castle hill

Von Bergen Axel

Watson Thomas

Wooler Jonathan, Westgrth. Almora hall

166 MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE. DURHAM. [POST OFFICE

COMMERCIAL.

Carrick George, farmer

Chambers Mrs. Elizh. The Oak Tree inn

Dent Bros. brewers, Oak Tree brewery

Dent Wm. farmer, High Goose pool

Dobbing Anthony, grocer & farmer, High Scroggs farm

Graham Wm. frmr. Lower Scroggs frm

Johnson Wm. lodging ho. Violet villas

Milner George, farmer, West Hartburn

Newby William, blacksmith, Goose pool

Porteous David, m.d. surgeon, Felix ho

Preston Stephen, farmer, Oak Tree farm

Pybus Matthew, farmer, Foster house

Robinson William, farmer, Church ho

Spaven Charles, joiner, Goose pool

Thornton George, farmer, White house

Thornton John, West Hartburn inn, & farmer, Goose pool

Turnbull John, farmer, East Middleton

Middleton-One-Row.

Brigham George

Chambers Thomas

Cooke Thomas

Graham Miss

Lithgow Thomas

Richardson Rev. Joseph George, b.a. [rector], Western house

Robinson William

Teasdale Robert

Chambers John, tailor

Dobbing Anth. Chapman, Queen’s Head

Elliott Robert, builder

Feargreave Henry, boot & shoe maker

Garrett Thomas, shoe maker

Gregory Mrs. lodging house

Hobson Thomas, water bailiff to Tees Salmon Fishery

Jackson Mrs. lodging house

Moore Mary Ann (Miss), lodging house

Mullonby Ann (Mrs.), lodging house

Rodwell Joseph, grocer, & post office

Shipman Matthew, lodging house

Smailes Robert, lodging house

Taite, Son & Co. grocers

Teasdale John Wm. tailor & lodging ho

Tennick Henry, Devonport hotel

Fighting Cocks.

Carrick Richard Jackson

Dent John

Dowson William, Thorntree house

Horesman Mrs

Ord William Henry

Rudd William

COMMERCIAL.

Brown John Geo. shopkpr. Killinghall

Brown Margaret (Mrs.), dress maker

Carter George, grocer, Killinghall

Dent George, butcher, Killinghall

Dinsdale Thomas, Fighting Cocks hotel

Dobbing Anthony, grocer & farmer

Dobbing Charles, plumber & glazier

Dobbing John, engineer

Dowson & Co. steam brick & tile works

Elam Daniel, butcher, Killinghall

Garrett Thos. shoe maker, Killinghall

Hanson Charles, General Havelock, Killinghall

Horseman William & Thomas, farmers & cab proprietors, & post office

Kitching William, cab proprietor

Knott Thomas, blacksmith

Lambert John, butcher, Killinghall

Miller William, joiner

Moore James, boot & shoe maker

Nicholson John Emmerson, agent to Wesleyan General Assurance Society

North Eastern Railway Co. coal mers. (Wm. Raine, agt.), Station yard

Ord Jhn. Killinghall Arms, Killinghall

Pallister Robert, joiner

Phillips James, shopkeeper

Robinson —, shoe maker, Killinghall

Smith James, grocer, Killinghall

Stevenson John H. farmer, Dinsdale Moor farm

Stonehouse Samuel Jas. miller, The Mill

Wilson Charles John, draper

Wooler Jonathan Westgarth & William Alexander, colliery owners; & at Northgate, Darlington