Sedgefield, County Durham: People and Places of 1879 in Sedgefield, Embleton, Fishburn, Foxton and Shotton, Mordon and Butterwick

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The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

SEDGEFIELD is a small town, parish, and township, and head of a union, situated on the turnpike road between Durham and Stockton, 10 miles from the former, and 9 from the latter place, 13 by road from Hartlepool, 24 from Sunderland, 25 from Gateshead, 13 from Darlington, and 248 from London. Sedgefield station is situated in the township of Bradbury, and is 1½ miles from the village, on a branch of the Ferry Hill and West Hartlepool line of railway; it is in the Southern division of the county, south-eastern division of the ward of Stockton, county court district of Stockton, rural deanery of Stockton, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The parish comprises the townships of BRADBURY, BUTTERWICK, EMBLETON, FISHBURN, FOXTON and SHOTTON, MORDON, and SEDGEFIELD. The town is supplied with excellent water.

The church of St. Edmund the Bishop is a handsome Gothic cruciform stone building: it has an embattled tower 90 feet in height; surmounted by short conical pinnacles, and contains 5 bells and a clock: it consists of chancel, nave, aisles and transepts, with porch in the south transept, and contains an organ, the gift of Dr. Pickering, bearing date 1708: the church was partially restored and repaired in 1852, and again in 1871: the chancel was restored in 1830 by public subscription; the south transept was restored in 1876-7, and a handsome stained window placed there to the memory of John Parrington, late steward to Viscount Boyne; in it are also two recumbent effigies, which were discovered during the restoration: the chancel is separated from the nave by a beautiful carved oak screen, and has three stalls on each side, divided by light columns; the whole chancel is wainscoated with oak 8 feet high: it has been relaid with encaustic tiles at the expense of the present rector: there is a handsome stained window in the north aisle in memory of the Rev. T. L. Strong, B.D. erected by the Bishop and 47 clergy of the diocese in 1863, and one in the south aisle to the memory of Mark Ord, esq. and Ralph Arthur Ord; also one at the west end erected to the memory of four clergymen of the parish by the parishioners in 1861. The register dates from the year 1580. The living is a rectory, yearly value £1,800, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham, and held by the Rev. John Patrick Eden, M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, Hon. Canon of Durham. There is an endowed school (formerly a Grammar school), but now used for the working classes, free for 8 scholars, and a school for girls, and also an infant school, supported by subscriptions and Government grants with small endowments. Here is a chapel for Wesleyan Methodists. The cemetery is situated on the Stockton road, and was opened in November 1861: 2 acres were given by the late rector for that purpose. Here are almshouses, in the gift of a vestry composed of 24 ratepayers, and several charities, which are distributed according to the direction of the donors. This was formerly a market town, but the markets are obsolete. A fair for the sale of swine is held on the first Friday of every month. Here is a Mechanics’ Institute with reading-rooms, established in 1849; the secretary is John K. Beckwith, and the librarian Thomas Maugham. About 1¼ miles north is the County Lunatic Asylum, built in 1858: it is an extensive building of red brick, with white brick dressings, and is in the Domestic Gothic style of architecture: it was designed by John Howison, esq. of Durham, and is now capable of containing 800 inmates: there are about 200 acres of land attached, on which the patients are employed; additions are in progress to hold 400 more.

Hardwick Hall is a spacious structure, situated in the midst of a beautiful and well wooded park of near 200 acres, and is the property of Viscount Boyne, but is at present unoccupied. Viscount Boyne is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The acreage is 5,259; rateable value, £8,185; the population of Sedgefield parish in 1861 was 1,808, and in 1871 it was 2,048; the population of the township in 1871 was 1,436.

Bradbury and The Isle form a township. The village of Bradbury is situated on the Skerne, 2½ miles west of Sedgefield. The Isle is situated on the south of Bradbury. The North Eastern railway extends into the township, and has a station. Richard Ord, esq. and the Earl of Eldon, are the principal landowners. The acreage is 2,110; rateable value, £7,516; the population in 1861 was 174, and in 1871 was 165.

Embleton is a township in the parish of Sedgefield, situated about 4 miles east from the town. Here is a small chapel of ease, in which a curate from the mother church officiates. The Marquis of Londonderry is the chief landed proprietor. This place was anciently in the possession of the Elmdene family, who retained it till the reign of Elizabeth, when it was transferred by marriage to the Bulmers. The area is 3,424 acres; rateable value, £1,692; and the population in 1871 was 129.

Fishburn is a village and township, pleasantly situated on the side of a hill, about 2 miles north of Sedgefield. Divine service is performed in the school room by a lay reader, every Sunday afternoon. There is a school, rebuilt by public subscription in 1851, with house and garden adjoining, for the master. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. Fishburn Hall is an ancient stone mansion, the property of Henry Chaytor, esq. of Witton Castle, and is now occupied as a farm house by Mr. William Madderson. The township formerly belonged to a family bearing its name. The principal landowners are Henry Chaytor, esq. Henry Bramwell, esq. John Sheldon, esq. the trustees of the late H. T. T. Salvin, esq. Mrs. Beckwith, of Silksworth House, Sunderland, and the trustees of Dr. Hartwell’s charity. The acreage is 2,125; rateable value, £2,640; the population in 1871 was 288.

National School, Thomas Haworth, master

Foxton and Shotton form a township 3 miles south of Sedgefield. Viscount Boyne is the sole landowner. It contained a population in 1871 of 49. Area, 1,802 acres; rateable value, £1,222 10s.

Mordon is a township in the parish of Sedgefield, 2½ miles south-west; it is situated on the river Skerne. The principal landowners are the Viscount Boyne, Richard Ord, esq. and the Earl of Eldon. The acreage is 1,570; rateable value, £3,042; and the population in 1871 was 203.—Letters from Ferry Hill.

Butterwick is a township, 2 miles north-east from Sedgefield, and consists only of farm-houses. The sole landowner is Henry T. T. Salvin, esq. Acreage, including Oldacres, is 1,543; rateable value, £995 10s.; population in 1871 was 58.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings Bank & Annuity & Insurance Office.—John Kitching, postmaster. Letters arrive from Ferry Hill at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched 5.45 p.m. Money orders are granted & paid at this office from 9.0 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. The office is open for telegraph business from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

INSURANCE AGENTS:—

Alliance Fire & Life, John Kitching, postmaster

Manchester Fire, W. Lowes

Westminster Fire & Westminster & General Life, J. Cochrane, East end

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:—

Police Station, Robert Boiston, sergeant

Durham County Lunatic Asylum (Robert Smith, M.D. superintendent; James Thomas Callcott, surgeon; William Bannerman, M.B. physician; Miss R. Duce, matron; Rev. Blythe B. Walton, chaplain; John Watson, clerk to visitors; Richard Lowes, clerk to Asylum)

SEDGEFIELD UNION. The Union comprises the following places:—Bishop Middleham, Bishopton, Bradbury, Butterwick, Chilton Cornforth, East and West Newbiggin, Elstob, Embleton, Ferry Hill, Fishburn, Foxton and Shotton, Garmondsway Moor, Great Stainton, Little Stainton, Mainsforth, Mordon, Preston-le-Skerne, Sedgefield, Stillington, Thrislington, Trimdon, and Woodham; population in 1871 was 14,718. Gross estimated rental, £142,392. Rateable value, £119,325 10s.

Board day every alternate friday.

Clerk, Robert Francis Middleton

Assistant Overseer & Collector, Robert C. Sotheran

Education Officer, Thomas Lowes

Relieving & Vaccination Officer, William Lowes

Medical Officers, Hugh Clarke, M.D. for Ferry Hill district; Hugh Russell, M.D. for Trimdon district; Thomas Thompson, for Sedgefield & Bishopton districts

Superintendent Registrar, James Robinson

Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, William Lowes

The workhouse is a spacious brick building, erected in 1860, and will hold 90; George Bowes, master; Thomas Thompson, surgeon; Mrs. Elizabeth Bowes, matron

SCHOOLS:—

Endowed, John William Walker, master; Mrs. M. Walker, mistress

Infants’, Mrs. Rochester, mistress

Parochial (mixed), Fishburn, Thomas Southeron, master

RAILWAY STATIONS:—

Sedgefield, John Horner, station master

Bradbury, Thomas Kitson, station master

CARRIERS:—

James J. B. Watt, to Stockton, wednesday & friday

Mrs. Ann Tweedy, to Stockton, wednesday & friday; to Durham, thursday & saturday

Sedgefield.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Bannerman William, M.B. The Asylum

Bayston Mrs. Rectory row

Blackett Miss Jane, East end

Blackett Miss Margaret, West end

Burdon Mrs. Front street

Callcott James Thomas, The Asylum

Charlton Mrs. West end

Christopher Mrs. Front street

Davison Captain Thomas, J.P. West end

Eden Rev. John Patrick, M.A. [rector], Rectory

Flavell Joseph, Layton house

Foster James, Town farm

Giles John, Front street

Grear Mrs. West end

Green Mrs. Rectory row

Hall John, Front street

Johnson Mrs. Front street

Lowes Richard, The Asylum

Maugham Thomas, North end

Middleton Charles Henry, Front street

Middleton Miss, Front street

Mothersell Mrs. West end

Ord Richard, J.P. Sands hall

Ramshaw Mrs. Rectory row

Rawling Mrs. Rectory row

Sheraton George Robert, L.R.C.P. Smith Robert, M.D. The Asylum

Thomas Rev. Everard Richard [curate] Thompson Thos. L.R.C.P.E., L.R.C.S.E. West end

Walton Rev. Blythe B. [chaplain Durham County Asylum], North end

COMMERCIAL.

Adamson Isabel Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Ryal farm

Adamson Joseph, builder & land surveyor, West end

Alderson Israel, blacksmith, North end

Alderson Pearson, farmer, Low Hardwick

Alderson Thos. shoe maker, West end

Applegarth Thomas, butcher, Front st

Armstrong Philip, shoe ma. West end

Baker Thomas, farmer, Neasless farm

Bayston Thomas, toy & earthenware dealer, Front street

Bayston William, grocer, Front street

Beckwith John Kirkup, collector of Queen's taxes, West end

Bell George Blackett, farm bailiff to Captain Davison, Diamond hall

Blackett Thomas, farmer, North end

Booth Henry, shoe maker, Front street

Bowes John, farmer, Cote nook

Bowes John, jun. farmer, Southfield ho

Brown James, shopkeeper, Front street

Bruce William, shoe maker & sewing machine agent, Front street

Burdon John, draper, Front street

Burdon John, joiner, Tenement

Calvert Dorothy (Mrs.), shopkeeper, East end

Coats William, joiner, East end

Coatsworth Thomas Thompson, boot dealer & sewing machine agt. West end

Cochrane John, grocer & general dealer, East end

Craggs Francis, blacksmith, West end

Cochrane Thomas Edward, commission agent, East parade

Craggs Sarah (Mrs.), shpkpr. Cross hill

Dakers Robert, tallow chandler & shopkeeper, Front street

Dawson Henry, farm bailiff to Captain Davison, East well

Dove James, farmer, Spraceley

Duffield George, farmer, Ryal hill

Emmerson Thomas, joiner & cabinet maker, Front street

Farden George, farmer, Redcar house

Flavell Joseph, farmer & bailiff to Captain Davison, Layton house

Fletcher Crispin, mason & bricklayer, Tenement

Fletcher Edwin, linen & woollen draper, Front street

Garnett John, butcher & grocer, Cross hill

Garnett Thos. farmer, White Bread field

Giles Christopher Wall, organist, Front st

Gladstone Usher, bricklayer, Front st

Graham Edwd. confectioner, North end

Greenwell Hodgson, farmer, Green Hill

Gray Walter, Hardwick Arms commercial posting & family hotel Grieve James, boarding, commercial & nautical school, Rectory row

Grievson John, boot & shoe dlr. Front st

Hall Robert, plumber, Front street

Hallimond Jno. horse breaker, East end

Higgins Robert, farmer, East Layton

Hirst George, farmer, Beacon cottage

Holmes Thomas, farmer, Glower o’er him

Hudson John, farmer, Beacon

Hutchinson Jhn. blacksmith, Cross hill

Iceton John, blacksmith, Tenement

Irving Gilbert, Hope inn, Front street

Johnson Thos. greengrocer, North end

Kingston Thomas, boot maker & general dealer, West end

Kirton George, blacksmith, East end

Kitching John, shopkeeper, & post office, Cross hill

Landreth Jane (Mrs.), butcher & farmer, Front street

Lockey Simon & Frank, farmers, West Layton

Lockey John, farmer, Green Knowles

Lowes Thos. education officer, Front st

Lowes Wm. registrar of births, deaths & marriages & relieving officer, Front st

McMorrin John, farmer, Front street

Mechanics' Institute (John K. Beckwith, hon. sec)

Milburn John Morrison, farmer, Weterington cottage

Milner Robinson, farmer, Hoppers ho

Morrow Joseph, joiner, North end

Morton James, farmer, Beacon hill

Newton Eleanor (Mrs.), shpkpr. Front st

Orton Robert, farmer, Church row

Quelch Charles B. farmer, Butterwick la

Raine Christoph. watchmaker &c. Front st

Raine Elizabeth Mary (Mrs.), milliner, Front street

Raine Thomas, farmer, Cowley house

Rawling Jane(Mrs.), shpkpr. Cross hill

Reading Charles, shopkeeper, East end

Robinson James, auctioneer & painter, Brewery house

Robinson John, joiner & builder, West end

Robinson John, sexton & confectioner, Front street

Robinson Richard, farmer, Howley hop

Robinson William Walker, builder, joiner & cartwright, Cross hill

Robson John, farmer, Heley house

Ross John, beer retailer, Tenement

Sample Anna Sophia (Mrs.), saddler, Front street

Scott M. (Mrs.), Golden Lion, East end

Scott William, Nag's Head Shepherd Christopher, farmer

Shepherd Elizh. (Mrs.), butcher, East end

Sheraton George Robt. L.R.C.P.EDIN. surgeon & medical officer of health

Sidgwick Ralph, Dun Cow, East end

Smith John, farmer

Snowdon William, sanitary inspector

Sotheran Robert, auctioneer, West end

Swinbank James, farmer, Brecon hill

Swinbank Thomas, farmer, South moor

Thompson Thos. L.R.C.P.E., L.R.C.S.E. surgeon, West end

Thurlow Robert, farmer, Knotty hill

Todd George, shoe maker, Cross hill

Todd John, shopkeeper, West end

Trenholm John, farmer, East Close ho

Tunstill John, farmer, Todd’s New ho

Tweedy Ann (Mrs.), carrier, East end

Tyman Joseph, Black Lion inn, Front st

Walker John William, master of the annuity & endowed school

Wall Geo. Young, land agent, Lizzards

Wallace John & William, farmers, Donnewell house

Walton William, Black Bull Watt James Joseph Barker, carrier, Tenement

Wheatley John, shopkeeper, West end

Wheatley John, tailor & draper, Cross house Wilkinson Geo. (Mrs.), school, Front st

Winn Thomas, farmer & mason, The Hill, Hardwick

Woodruff John, boot maker, North end

Young Thomas, bill poster &c. West end

Bradbury.

Bell Thomas, Plough inn Bradbury Brick & Tile Co Clark George, farmer, Bradbury grove

Coates Henry, farmer

Dunn Joseph, farm bailiff to Mr. Joseph Robinson, The Isle

Elder Isaac, shoe maker

Menzies James, farmer, Sands farm

Newcomb John, cartwright

Raine William, jun. blacksmith

Robson Thomas & Robert S. farmers, Brakes

Thubron Thos. saw mills, Railway station

Vasey George & Sons, farmers, & at Swan Carr house

Wheatley John, shpkpr. & shoe maker

Wilkinson Joseph, farmer, Little Isle

Butterwick.

Hart William, farmer, East farm

Marshall George & Ralph, farmers, Moor farm

Shiells John, farmer, Oldacres

Trenholm Robt. Francis, frmr. North frm

Embleton.

Boland George & Son, farmers, Middle & Low Swainston

Britton James, farmer, Cole hill

Brown Mary (Mrs.), farmer

Colling William, farmer, Blue house

Dobson John, farmer, Whin house

Etherington Robt. farmer, West Murton

Potts John, farmer, Cole hill

Rutherford Willm. farmer, Murton hall

Sanderson Thomas, farmer, Murton

Stephenson Thos. farmer, East Murton

Thirkell Thomas, brick & tile works, Cole hill

Walker John, farmer, Embleton Old hall

Wright John, farmer, High Swainston

Fishburn.

Bell John, flour dealer

Blackett George, farmer

Burnett Joseph, farmer

Carter William, Horseshoe inn Coltman Francis Allen & George, joiners & cartwrights

Gibson John, farmer, Mill house

Graham Christopher, Bee Hive Grear Isaac, shoe maker

Hart William, farmer, Cowburn

Haworth Thomas, mstr. of natal. school

Hogg Joseph, Windmill inn Hudson Watson, miller

Johnson Robert, farmer

Latue John, farmer, Holdforth

Lawson William, farmer, Elderberry hall & Harcup

Lugg Joseph, collegiate boarding school, Trimdon house; postal address, Trimdon grange Madderson William, land agent & farmer, The Hall

Mann Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Maugham Joseph, farmer, West house

Middleton William, shoe maker

Robson Henry, farmer

Sothern William, butcher

Tinkler Joseph, farmer

Walker Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer

Walker Richard, farmer, Galley Law

Wetherell Nicoll, blacksmith

Wilkinson John, farmer

Mordon.

Addison John Aungle Henry, farmer, North farm

Brown George, farmer

Burdon Anthony, shopkeeper

Clampitt William Thomas, farmer, Mordon Moor house

Ewison Robert, farmer, Harpington hill

Gray George, farm bailiff to Mr. Hall, Newcastle

Halbron Ann (Mrs.), frmr. Mordon moor

Hopps Ralph, farmer, Hoggs house

Hutchinson John, farmer

Hutchinson Robert, Red Lion Joicey Catherine (Mrs.), farmer

Lawson Thomas, farmer

Robinson Charles, farmer, Mordon South side

Shotton.

Applegarth John, farmer

Robinson Aaron, farmer

Foxton.

Baker James, farmer

Hutchings Thomas, farmer

Newton Richard, farm bailiff to Mr. Charles Robinson, Bog hall

Robinson Fredk. farmer, Crowdy hall

Robinson Richard, farmer

Robson Ralph, farmer