Sacriston, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Sacriston in County Durham, North East England, UK.

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The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

SACRISTON is a village, and with the township of Edmondsley was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1863 from the parishes of Chester-le-Street and Witton Gilbert; Sacriston is 1 mile north-east by north from Witton Gilbert and three miles south-west from Chester-le-Street, in the Northern division of the county, union of Chester-le-Street, county court district of Durham, western division of Chester rural deanery, and archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. St. Peter's church is a stone building in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, with chancel aisle, nave and south porch. The register dates from the year 1866. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop alternately and held by the Rev. William Mason. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here, and also at Edmondsley. The extensive coal pits of Charlaw and Sacriston are situated here. The area of the ecclesiastical parish is 3,000 acres; rateable value, £11,034; and the population in 1871 was 3,154, principally colliers.

Parish Clerk, James Hardy.

Sacriston.

Mason Rev. William, Vicarage

Oliver Robert ####

COMMERCIAL.

Allin William, Three Horse Shoes Anderson Joseph, Robin Hood Atkinson Anthony, wheelwright

Bunton Robert, blacksmith

Clarke A. C. surveyor

Elliott & Hunter, coal masters, Charlaw colliery

Holmes Samuel, farmer

Hunter Dorothy (Mrs.), butcher

Hutchinson Israel, shoe maker

Mitchell Peter, farmer, Acre close

Nicholson Jane(Mrs.), George & Dragon Oliver William, grocer

Parkin John, farmer

Parkin Ralph, saddler

Robinson Morgan, Colliers’ Arms Robson Joseph & Son, grocers

Stevenson James, Bird inn Swinston John, butcher

Taylor John David, shopkeeper

Turnbull Robert, farmer, Barrashill

Wearmouth Abraham, farmer, West ho

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Sacriston. —Ralph Parkin, receiver. Letters from Durham arrive at 9.20 a.m.; dispatched at 4.30 p.m

National School, Sacriston, Thomas Clark Kinchin, master; Mrs. Elizabeth Kinchin, mistress

Edmondsley is a village and township in this parish, 3½ miles south-west from Chester-le-Street and 1 mile from Sacriston. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels here. Coal mines are largely worked here; also stone quarries. The Earl of Durham is lord of the manor and principal landowner; but there are several smaller proprietors. The chief crops are wheat, barley, and oats. There is much moorland in the township, on which the soil is generally light, but it is heavy in the valleys. The area is 1,964 acres; rateable value, £10,526; population in 1871, 871.

BROOMYHOLME, 1½ miles north, and TRIBLEY, 2 miles north, are hamlets here.

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Edmondsley. —William Blackburn, receiver. Letters through Chester-le-Street, arrive at 11 a.m.; dispatched at 2.40 p.m

Edmondsley.

Hedley William, Beech grove

Blackburn William, grocer

Crofton Richard, farmer

Cummings Anthony, Fleece inn Coxon John, Edmondsley Arms Hodgson John, farmer

Oxley John, Crown Young Edward, farmer

Young John, farmer