Enjoy a glimpse of history about Monk Hesleden in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
MONK HESLEDEN is a large agricultural parish, embracing the townships of HULAM-C*M-SHERATON, HUTTON HENRY and MONK HESLEDEN, and the hamlet and village of CASTLE EDEN COLLIERY, in this township; also two other small collections of houses: the one named Monk Hesleden is situated 1 mile north-east of the church, the other, Church Hesleden, is situated in and on the side of a deeply wooded dene or valley, half a mile south-east from Castle Eden Colliery station on the North Eastern railway and 5 miles northwest from Hartlepool, and 1 1/2 from the sea; it is in Easington ward and union, the Northern division of the county, county court district of Hartlepool, rural deanery of Easington, officialty of the dean and chapter of Durham, and archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The church of St. Mary is a plain, small, and ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel and nave, with small bell-turret at west end and 2 bells. The register dates from the year 1578. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £400, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham and held by the Rev. Robert Taylor, m.a. late fellow of University College, Durham. The vicarage house is pleasantly situated in Church Hesleden, adjoining the churchyard. The chief landowners are the owners of Hardwick Hall, who are lords of the manor, Cotsford Burdon, Anthony Wilkinson and Thomas Belk, esqrs. The soil is strong; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat, oats and clover. The area of the township is 2,937 acres; rateable value, £5,652; and the population in 1871 was 1,636.
HARDWICK is a hamlet in this parish. Hardwick Hall, formerly one of the seats of the Duke of Cleveland, is a large plain brick building, situated on an eminence, about 1 1/4 miles north from the church, and commanding extensive sea views: it is the property of a company, and is at present occupied by Major Roper.
Castle Eden Colliery is a hamlet and village in this township, consisting of several rows of workmen’s cottages, occupied by the colliers engaged in the extensive Castle Eden colliery, situated in the parish of Castle Eden. In this village is a station on the North Eastern railway, 5 1/2 miles from Hartlepool and 11 1/2 from Ferryhill. Here is a National school and Catholic infants’ school. The Wesleyans, Methodist New Connexion, and Primitive Methodists have places of worship here.
Parish Clerk, John Wray.
168 MONK HESLEDEN. DURHAM. [POST OFFICE]
Post Office, Castle Eden Colliery.—John Bailey, receiver.
Letters from Castle Eden station arrive at 7.30 a.m ; dispatched at 5.40 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Castle Eden station ; on sundays there is no delivery or dispatch
Schools:—
National, Castle Eden Colliery, William Mowbray, master; Miss Isabella Mowbray, mistress
Catholic (infant), Castle Eden Colliery, Miss Eleanor Saul, mistress
Assistant Overseer, Joseph Innes
Railway Station, Castle Eden Colliery, Luke Blackburn, station master
Hutton Henry, an agricultural village, with the hamlet of Rode Ridge, forms a township in the parish of Monk Hesleden. The village is pleasantly situated on an eminence about 2 miles south from Castle Eden, and the same distance westward from Monk Hesleden, commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country and the German ocean. The chapel-of-ease to Monk Hesleden is a small brick building, with south porch and vestry and a turret at the west end containing 1 bell. The Wesleyans have a chapel, erected in 1870. The Catholic church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is situated near to and adjoining Hutton House, the residence of the Very Rev. Thomas Augustine Slater, Catholic canon: the church is small, and was erected in 1825, at the sole expense of the above gentleman: the style is Gothic: on the right of the altar is the small handsome chapel of the Virgin Mary and Child: over the altar is a painting of the Crucifixion, and on each side are (in fresco) the Nativity, Agony in the Garden, and the Resurrection. Here is a steam corn and saw mill, also an extensive colliery. The Hutton Henry Colliery Co. are lords of the manor. The land is owned by the lords of the manor, John Burdon and G. Roper, esqrs. the Rev. G. T. Fox, and the Very Rev. Thomas Augustine Slater, with many smaller proprietors. The soil is mixed, part being stiff and heavy, with a portion of light ; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, clover, &c. The acreage is 1,987 ; rateable value, £3,585 ; and the population in 1871 was 539.
Wall Letter Box in the village, cleared at 4.30 p.m. week days only. Letters received from Castle Eden station, which is the nearest money order office
Church School (mixed), John Broughton, master
Assistant Overseer, Francis Thubron
Sheraton-with-Hulam form a township in the parish of Monk Hesleden; the former is a small village on the high road from Stockton to Sunderland, 2½ miles south from Castle Eden railway station: the latter consists of Hulam lodge, the residence of Dr. Allan Wilson, one farm, and a cottage, about midway to Castle Eden. There is no place of worship, but the Wesleyans hold service in a room lent by Mr. Angus on Sunday afternoons. The chief landowners are Anthony Wilkinson, who is lord of the manor, R. Richmond and G. Roper, esqrs. The soil is heavy ; subsoil, clay. Chief crops are wheat, beans and oats. Their joint area is 2,256 acres: rateable value, £1,965 ; the united population in 1871 was 176.
Letters are delivered from Castle Eden station, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Letter Box cleared daily, sundays excepted
Assistant Overseer, Robert Elstob
Monk Hesleden.
Ropner Major, Hardwick hall
Taylor Rev. Robt. m.a. [vicar], Vicarage
Commercial.
Brown John, blacksmith
Corner Thomas, joiner
Davis Thomas, farmer, Tweedale
Hann William Frederick, Ship
Hutchinson John, miller
Johnson Matthias, fmr. Church Hesleden
Kaye William, farmer, Fill poke
Taylor Rt. & Wm. farmers, Hesleden hall
Taylor Richard, farmer, Mickle hill
Taylor Thomas, farmer, Mickle hill
Thornton Matthew & Brothers, farmers
Castle Eden Colliery.
Innes Joseph
Commercial.
Arthur James, m.d. surgeon
Bailey John, grocer
Castle Eden Coal Co. (John Laverick, esq. manager & resident viewer; Joseph Innes, land agent)
Croft Thomas, shopkeeper
Curry Robert Adamson, grocer
Dodd William, engineer
Eggleston Thomas, greengrocer
English Jane & Elizh. (Misses), dress ma
Forster Robert, grocer
Lough Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Marshall Wm. Sunderland Bridge inn
Potts John, Colliery
Rogerson George, butcher
Watson Thomas, shopkeeper
Wiseman John, shopkeeper
Hutton Henry.
Algar William Drake
Blakelock Christopher George
Forster George
Slater Very Rev. Thomas Augustine [Catholic], Hutton house
Thompson Robert
Commercial.
Barron Matthew, woodman
Berkin John (exors. of), brick manufacturers, Rodridge
Christopher William, mason
Coates William, shoe maker
Crystal William, farmer, Fleet shot
Fathers Geo. beer retailr. South Wingate
Hardy Robert, grocer, Station town
Hardy William, shoe maker
Harrison Robt. shopkpr. South Wingate
Herron George, shopkeeper
Hutton Henry Coal Co. (Robert Thompson, esq. manager & viewer; George Mould, engineer)
Innes George, shopkeeper
Innes Robert, farmer
Johnson John, mason
Johnson William, mason
Little Charles, farmer, Hartbushes
Lowe John, shopkeeper
Moore John Gray, farmer
Mould William, farmer, Catley hall
Nichol Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, South Wingate
Nichol Thomas, sheep dealer, South Wingate
Oliver John, joiner
Pagan Robert, farmer, Blue house
Pattison Jhn. beer retailr. South Wingate
Sanderson James, farmer
Sedgwick Isaac, tailor
Sharpe John, farmer, Red barns
Stewart John, shopkeeper
Thubron Francis, mason
Thubron George, joiner
Thubron Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Waite George, Station hotel
Watson George, farm bailiff to the Rev. G. T. Fox
Watson Hall, blacksmith
Watson William, butcher
Williamson James, Half Moon
Wood John, grocer, Station town
Young Emanuel, Colliery, Sth. Wingt
Sheraton-with-Hulam.
Brown John
Wilkinson Anthony, d.l., j.p
Wilson Allan, l.f.p.s. & l.s.a. Hulam lodge
Angus Jonathan Rbt. farmer, Hill top
Bellerby Charles, shopkeeper
Best Thos. Peacock, farmer, We. grange
Cooper John, Ship inn
Elstob Robert, Old Ship inn
Firby Edmund, blacksmith
Hunter John, farmer, Hulam house
Pickering John, farm bailiff to Anthony Wilkinson, esq
Rennett John, market gardener
Thubron John, farmer
Venables James, grocer
Wilson Allan, l.f.p.s. & l.s.a., surgeon & medical officer for the Wingate district of the Easington union, Hulam lodge
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