Sadberge, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Sadberge 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

SADBERGE is a village and township, which with the township of Morton Palms was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1856, from the parish of Haughton-le-Skerne; it is in the Southern division of the county, union and county court district of Darlington, south-western division of Stockton ward, rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The village of Sadberge is situated on an eminence on the great road between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees, 4 miles east-north-east from the former and 7 from the latter town; the nearest station being Fighting Cocks, about 1½ miles distant (south); this township was a separate and independent wapentake from a very early period and by some authors has been erroneously designated an earldom: it became annexed to the palatinate during the episcopacy of Bishop Pudsey, who purchased it, with the earldom of Northumberland, for life, for the sum of £10,000 from Richard I.: by the terms of this purchase, which were confirmed by King John and the succeeding monarchs, Sadberge was governed by the bishops through distinct officers, as sheriffs, escheators and coroner, who, though sometimes holding offices for both the county palatine and this lordship, were always appointed by distinct patents. During Bishop Bury's episcopate it enjoyed the privileges of a wapentake and was divided into two wards, called east and west, containing Barnard Castle, Marwood, Cleatlam, Eggleston, Langton, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Newbiggin, Stainton and other places in the south-western extremity of the county, but these have long since been incorporated in the wards of Darlington and Stockton. A court of pleas was also held at Sadberge, and fines were regularly levied there on lands within that liberty: there was a jail for prisoners at Sadberge and sundry manors and lands in it were held by the special service of maintaining the jail and supporting the prisoners. From ancient records it appears that the burgages were held in free borough tenure by service at the borough court, and the lands by military service and in socage. The church of St. Andrew is a plain building with nave and chancel and small bell turret; it contains 300 sittings and has a cemetery attached. The living is a rectory, yearly value £200, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester and held by the Rev. Robert Maude Morrison, M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge; the Rev. George Pollard is curate in charge. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. There are charities of about £20 yearly value. Sadberge Hall is a handsome brick mansion, with stone dressings and tower, situated in a small park about a mile from the village and is the seat of William Alexander Wooler, esq. J.P. The principal landowners are James S. Pennyman, esq. James Senior, esq. and William A. Wooler, esq. J.P. and others. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat and beans. The area is 2,050 acres; rateable value, £2,936; the population in 1871 was 348.

Letters through Darlington, which is the nearest money order office

Here is a National (mixed) school, partially endowed, with an average attendance of about 70; a Sunday school is held at the school, Samuel Shaw, master; Miss Elizabeth Adamson, mistress

Morton with Morton Palms form a township in the parish of Sadberge, 2 miles from the village and 3 from Darlington and 1 mile south-west from Fighting Cocks station, on the road from the latter town to Yarm. John Eden, esq. owns three farms in this township. Morton Palms is the property of the Rev. Scott Surtees and Maiden Dale farm is the property of J. Forster, esq. The acreage is 1,316; rateable value, £3,964 10s.; and the population of the township in 1871 was 85.

POST OFFICE RECEIVING BOX. Letters through Darlington, which is the nearest money order office

National School, Samuel Shaw, master; Miss Elizabeth Adamson, mistress

Sadberge.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Alderson John Alderson William Alcock William Chapman Charles Dickenson George Graham Mrs. Bloomfield house

Hall John Henderson Robert Liddle Richard Nott Mrs Pollard Rev. George [curate in charge], The Rectory

Rhodes Peter Scott William Senior James, Beacon grange

Wooler Wm. Alexandr. J.P. Sadberge hall

COMMERCIAL.

Alderson John, tanner

Alderson William, cowkeeper

Chapman Robert, joiner

Clarkson Matthew, shopkeeper

Cooper Richard, blacksmith

Dunn Jacob, cowkeeper & markt. gardnr

Farness Thomas, corn merchant

Gent John, tailor

Gent Robert, merchant tailor

Hall George, joiner & machinist

Harrison John, The Buck Harrison Robert, joiner

Hedley Jane (Mrs.) & George, farmers, Hill house

Higgins Thomas, butcher

Hodgin John, commission agent

Hodgin Robert, builder

Hutchinson Ann (Miss), grocer & stamp distributor

Jowsey William, farmer, Newton grange

Liddle John, shoe maker & dealer

Liddle Sidney, boot & shoe ma. & grocer

Parnaby John, market gardener

Ragg Margaret (Miss), dress maker

Robinson Wm. road surveyor & farmer

Rowell William, The Red Lion Shepherd John, frmr. Sadberge Town frm

Shepherd Joseph, farmer, Bumper hall

Smith John, The Three Tuns Smith Robert, farmer, Spring house

Vickers Henry, cowkeeper

Vickers Robt. frmr. Long Newton grange

Wallis William, farmer, Saltercar

Willis Thomas, boot & shoe maker

Morton Palms.

Coatsworth Miles, farmer

Gibbon John, farmer

Gibbon Lane, farmer, South Burdon

Marshall James, The Wheatsheaf Paxton Thomas, farmer

Shotton James, farmer

Wade Robert, farmer, Little Burdon

White John, farmer, Maiden Dale