Seaton Carew, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Seaton Carew in the Borough of Hartlepool in County Durham, England, UK.

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The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

SEATON CAREW is a township in the parish of Stranton, and ecclesiastical parish and station on the West Hartlepool section of the North Eastern railway. The village is situated on the sea shore, 248 miles from London, 10 north-east of Stockton, and 1¾ south from West Hartlepool, and is held in high estimation as a healthy bathing-place; it is in the Southern division of the county, south-eastern division of Stockton ward, rural deanery of Stockton, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. Salmon fishery is carried on here to a great extent. The village is well lighted with gas, and supplied with water from the Hartlepool Gas and Water Company’s works, and governed by a Local Board of Health. The church of the Holy Trinity is a modern building in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and square tower; the cost of the erection amounted to about £1,600; the interior was re-arranged and re-seated with open benches in 1864, at a cost of £245; there are several stained windows; one of the south windows is a memorial to Mrs. Fawcus, of Over Dinsdale Hall. The register dates from the year 1831. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £160, with residence, in the gift of the Lawson family, and held by the Rev. John Lawson, M.A. of St. Alban Hall, Oxford. Here is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, erected in 1830, and enlarged in 1878; and a meeting house for the Society of Friends. Here is a small brewery. Oughton, which is situated to the south-west of the village, is an ancient manor, formerly belonging to the Lamberts, who forfeited it in 1569: it is now the property of George Pyman, esq. J.P. The Earl of Eldon is lord of the manor and the chief landed proprietor. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, clay. The principal crops are wheat, oats, beans, clover, and tares. The township comprises an area of 2,559 acres; rateable value, £13,990; the population in 1861 was 884, and in 1871 was 1,025.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Mrs. Jane Vitty, postmistress. Letters through West Hartlepool, arrive 8 a.m. & 7 p.m.; dispatched to all parts at 5.35 p.m.; to the North & local parts at 10 p.m

INSURANCE AGENT.—Scottish Equitable Life, J. Wilson

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:—

SEATON CAREW LOCAL BOARD. Clerk, Tobias Harry Tilly

Medical Officer, Samuel Biggart, M.D

Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, William Procter

Collector, William Burton

Seaton High Lighthouse, Sherrington Dobbing, keeper

Seaton Low Lighthouse, John Burnicle, keeper

Assistant Overseer & Poor Rate Collector, W. Burton

National School, John Whincup, master; Miss Mary Elizabeth Woodward, mistress

National School (Long Hill), Robert Briggs, master; Miss Hannah Elizabeth Salton, mistress

CONVEYANCE:—

Railway Station, William Bosomworth, station master

Omnibus & cabs to meet every train

CARRIERS TO:—

HARTLEPOOL—Charles Lamb, wed. & sat. morn. 7 o’clock

STOCKTON-ON-TEES—Anthony Robinson, wed. & sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Backhouse Edward Bakewell John Barnes Mrs Brand Miss, The Green Braver Mrs Bridger Adolphus Burdon Miss, The Green Carlson Theodore Casebourne Henry, Carr house

Charlesworth Charles Craggs Francis Davison William, Church street

Duncan David Fawcus Robert Garbutt Edward Walker Gilchrist James Higginbottom Samuel, The Green Hoskins Walter John, Ivy house

Hodgson Mrs. The Green Hudson Thomas Sharpe Hutchinson Arthur Hutton William Forde Ralph Johnson John Richardson, The Green

Kell John, Marine cottage

Lawson Rev. John, M.A. [vicar], Vicarage

Lassall William, The Green

Lithgow Miss, The Cliff

Lithgow Robert, Prospect house

Lucas Albert, The Green

Manners John Wm. Sanderson, The Green

Matthews Richard, Staincliffe terrace

Pattison John, The Green

Paverley Mrs. The Green

Pearse Mountjoy Procter William, The Green

Prudhoe Robert, Front street

Richardson John William, The Green

Seymour Mrs. Staincliffe terrace

Spence John Utley Steel George, Oughton manor

Storer William Strover John Bishop Surtees Wm. Edwd., D.L., J.P. The Green

Swan John Percival Swanson William Sweeting Miss, The Green

Thompson Crsphr. Donald, The Cottage

Tilly Tobias Harry, Church street

Tucker Mrs. The Green

Walker Richard, Fence house

Walker Thomas, J.P. Staincliffe

Ward John Wilkinson Thomas Harker, The Green

Woodward Mrs. The Cliff

COMMERCIAL.

Anderson William Gibson, lodging ho

Arbuckle Benjamin, master mariner, Staincliffe terrace

Armstrong William, shopkeeper

Ascough Jas. com. traveller, The Green

Bainbridge Waltr. frmr. Long Hills farm

Bell John, butcher

Benning Edwd. provision dlr. Church st

Blenkinsop William, builder

Bolton Mark, Station hotel Bowser Lazarus & Son, grocers

Bulmer Robert, pilot

Bunting Arthur, agent, Pickford & Co. Wellfield house

Burlinson George, bricklayer

Burton William, joiner

Camniss & Tulip, brick mas. Long hill

Coates John, Traveller’s Rest Coombes Samuel Charles, manure works

Cowper Mary Eliza (Miss), ladies’ boarding school, The Green

Crawford Ann (Miss), lodging house

Crawford Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer

Crosby John, butcher

Davidson William, general agent

Devey Henry Joseph, accountant

Dixon George, tailor

Elstob Robert, farmer, Hunter house

Ferguson Robert, boot & shoe maker

Good Elizabeth Hayes (Mrs.), Seven Stars hotel Hartlepool Gas & Water Co. (branch of) (William Procter, manager)

Hedley, Turnbull & Cook, brick makers

Hodgson Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging ho

Hood Henry, pilot

Hood John Chilton, pilot

Hood Robert, pilot

Kell John, shipowner, Marine cottage

Kidson William, grocer

Lamb Charles, farmer, The Green

Lamb Matthias, pilot

Lithgo Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house

Marley Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house

Meek Andrew, farmer, Middle grange

Moffitt George, Seaton Royal hotel, & job master

Noddings Ralph, joiner

Oakley Henry, government school inspector for the county of Durham

Patti-on Jacob, grocer, The Green

Phillips Thos. com. traveller, The Green

Procter William, surveyor to the Local Board, Church street

Pyman Geo. J.P. farmer, Owton manor

Ramsey, Gilchrist & Ramsey, brewers

Robinson Anthony, carrier

Robinson Joseph, farmer, Carr house

Robinson Robert, boot & shoe maker

Robson Andrew, pilot

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (branch of) (Rev. John Lawson, sec.; John Bakewell, treasurer)

Sewell William, greengrocer

Sidney James, photographer

Spencer Alice (Mrs.), general dealer

Stainsby Thomas, farmer

Storer William, lodging house

Strover John Bishop, solicitor

Swanwick & Bridger, surgeons

Temperance Hall (George Taylor Vitty, hon. sec)

Thomas Donald, farmer

Thornton Anne (Mrs.), lodging house

Unwin Robert & John, farmers

Vitty Jane (Mrs.), grocer

Walker Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging ho

Warren Reginald Arthur, agent, Midland railway, Sea View terrace

Watt John, butcher

Weastell James, boot & shoe maker

Williamson Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Golden flatts

York John, butcher