Enjoy a glimpse of history about Pelton in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
The register dates from the year 1842. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £270, with residence, in the gift of the rector of Chester-le-Street, and held by the Rev. Reginald Austin Oram, M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge. There are National schools for boys and girls, and Sunday schools held in the schoolroom. Coal is largely worked in this parish, giving employment to a great portion of its inhabitants. There are extensive pits at Ouston, Pelton Fell, Twizell, West Pelton, Pit Hill and Urpeth. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Charles Joliffe, esq. who is lord of the manor, Mrs. Bewick, John Eden, esq. and George John Fenwick, esq. The soil is light, mixed with sand and loam; the subsoil is likewise mixed. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The township of Pelton contains 1,109 acres; rateable value, £9,662; the population in 1861 was 2,787, and in 1871 was 3,070. The area of the ecclesiastical parish is 4,110 acres; and the population in 1871 was 5,468.
Letters arrive from Chester-le-Street at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. Chester-le-Street is the nearest money order office
National School, William Scott, master
CARRIER TO NEWCASTLE.—George Pinkney, from his own house, every tuesday, thursday & saturday
OUSTON is a township in Pelton ecclesiastical parish, 3 miles north-west from Chester-le-Street and 5 south from Gateshead, in Gateshead county court district. There is an extensive colliery, worked by the Birtley Iron Company. The Primitive and Free Church Methodists have chapels here. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Charles Joliffe, esq. who are lords of the manor, and George John Fenwick, esq.
Armstrong William, Pelaw house
Henderson Henry, Pelton fell
Kay James
Mathwin Rev. John [rector]
Nicholson Edward
Nicholson Edward, jun
Nicholson James
Oram Rev. Reginald A. M.A. [rector]
Short Peter Pattison, Pelton fell
Taylor-Smith Thomas, Urpeth hall
COMMERCIAL.
Adamson Chas. Wheat Sheaf, Pit hill
Arkle Christopher, blacksmith, Pit hill
Barker John, shopkeeper
Bolam John, joiner
Brodie Frank, fruiterer
Brown Jane (Mrs.), Grey Horse
Carr Thomas, blacksmith
Chop Hill Colliery, Pit hill
Clarke Nathaniel, land agent
Co-operative Stores (Joseph Clark, secretary), West Pelton
Co-operative Stores (Edward Robson, secretary), Pelton fell
Craggs Robert John, butcher
Dickinson Joseph, Engine inn
Dickinson Joseph, mining engineer
Downey John, tailor
Downey William, grocer
Downley Robert, butcher
Fairs John, Red Lion inn, Ouston
Fairs Matthew, grocer, Perkinsville
Forster Henry, tailor
Garrett Matthew, tailor
Gray Joseph, grocer & draper, Pit hill
Gray Mary Ann (Mrs.), Durham Ox, Pit hill
Handen Hold Colliery, West Pelton
Harrison William Spark, grocer & draper
Hepple George, farmer
Heslop Isaac, farmer, Urpeth frm. Urpeth
Hopkirk Chas. shoe maker, West Pelton
Ironside Thomas, Shepherd & Shepherdess, Pit hill
Jackson Francis, butcher, Pit hill
Johnson Richard, farmer, Urpeth
Kay James, butcher
Kennedy John, Ouclot inn, Pelton fell
Kirkaldy John, farmer, Ouston North farm, Ouston
Kirkup John, farmer
Kirkup Philip, farmer & btchr. Urpeth
Kirkup Philip, grocer, West Pelton
Kirkup Septimus, farmer
Laverick Thomas, shopkeeper, Pit hill
Maddison Robert, Pelton Colliery inn, Pelton fell
Nicholson James, surgeon
Nicholson John, grocer & draper
Oliver Richard, Pelton Colliery hotel
Paterson Robert, Crown
Pattison John, grocer
Pelton Colliery, Pelton fell
Pinkney George, boot & shoe maker
Redshaw Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Richardson Elizabeth (Mrs.), Board, West Pelton
Richardson John, assistant overseer
Richardson Robert, farm bailiff to the Ouston Colliery Company, Ouston
Ridley John, grocer & draper
Robinson Richard, Gate inn, Twizel
Robson Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer
Saw Mills & Colliery Stores, Wash hole, Pit hill
Simpson Farrel, surgeon
Sinclair John, butcher
Storey Elizabeth (Miss), milliner
Strong & Downey, grocers & drapers, Pelton fell
Strong Emanuel, grocer & draper
Sweeny John, engineer to Ouston colliery, Ouston pit
Teasdale Jane (Miss), draper
Tiplady Henry, Fleece inn
Turnbull John, butcher, Pelton fell
Twizel Colliery, Twizel
Watson Anthony, Newfield inn
White Henry, butcher
White Robert, Colliery inn
White Thos. Colliery inn, West Pelton
Womack John, veterinary surgeon
Young Joseph, butcher
area is 636 acres; rateable value, £2,372. The population in 1871 was 311.
URPETH is a scattered township in the ecclesiastical parish of Pelton, from which it is distant from 1 to 3 miles north-west, and 8 south from Gateshead, in Gateshead county court district. There are in the township several extensive collieries. John Eden, esq. who is lord of the manor, and Mrs. Bewick are the principal landowners. The area of the township is 1,725 acres; rateable value, £9,782; and its population in 1871 was 1,412.
PITT HILL is a hamlet in this township 5 miles west from Chester-le-Street, where there are collieries, a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, and a good school for boys and girls.
Pit Hill School, Miss Jane Richardson, mistress
PELTON FELL is 1 mile west from Chester-le-Street. Here is an extensive colliery. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels here; and there is a good school, supported by the colliery owners.
Post & Money Order Office & Savings Bank.—Letters from Chester-le-Street
Colliery School, Hugh Munro, master
WEST PELTON is a hamlet in this township. There is a colliery, and the Wesleyans have a chapel.
National School, John Robert Henderson, master
PERKINSVILLE is a pit village in the township, 3 miles north-west from Chester-le-Street, where there is a school supported by the colliery owners; and the Wesleyans have a chapel.
Colliery School, Wilkinson Lowndes, master
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