Enjoy a glimpse of history about Shildon in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
SHILDON (NEW), or EAST THICKLEY, is an ecclesiastical parish and village, formed in 1868 out of the parishes of St. Andrew Auckland and Old Shildon: it is 9 miles south from Darlington, 10 from Durham and 249½ from London, in the rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, and has a station on the North Eastern railway. The church of All Saints, a modern Gothic stone building, has chancel, nave and porch, 3 bells, and very handsome spire and clock: the bells and clock were presented by the late Joseph Pease, esq. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham, yearly value, £300, with residence, and held by the Rev. William Hayton, M.A. of Durham University. The North Eastern Railway Company have extensive engine and railway wagon works here. Here are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and Congregational chapels, and the Society of Friends have a meeting house. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners and J. R. W. Hildyard, esq. are lords of the manor, the latter is chief landowner. The area is 465 acres; rateable value, £9,372. The population is over 3,000. The population of Old and New Shildon in 1871 was 5,574.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings Bank & Annuity & Insurance Office (Railway Sub-Office), David Pickering, postmaster. Letters arrive at 6.15 a.m.; dispatched at 5.50 p.m.; & 7.5 p.m. week days; sunday arrive at 7.50 a.m.; dispatched 5.50. Telegraph office open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. & on sundays from 8 to 10 a.m
INSURANCE AGENT—Queen, W. Reynolds, Station street
Assistant Overseer for East Thickley, Jhn. Glass, 4 Station st
SCHOOLS:—
British, Henry Septimus Currey, master; Miss Margaret Wearmouth, mistress
National, Arthur Elder, master; Miss Mary Hornsby, mis
Railway Station, Christopher Robinson, station master
Applegarth Christopher, 17 Magdala ter
French Rev. William [Primitive Methodist], 37 St. John's road
Graham Miss, 5 Station street
Hayton Rev. William, M.A. [vicar], Vicarage
Johnson Rev. Simpson [Wesleyan], St. John’s road
Mackintosh Wm. Geo. 63 Adelaide street
Pickering Richard, 1 Station street
Smeddle Robert, Magdala terrace
COMMERCIAL.
Allan John James, tailor, Redworth road
Arnison Christopher, grocer & draper, Adelaide street
Arrowsmith Hodgson, earthenware dlr. Station street
Arrowsmith James, grocer & draper, Station street
Atkinson David, shopkeeper, Chapel st
Bainbridge William Hobson, tailor, Redworth road
Balmer John, fancy dealr. St. John’s rd
Barraclough Thomas, painter & joiner, Redworth road
Bellwood William, clogger, Strand street
Boldron William, builder & cabinet maker, Station street
Bowes Jas. Wm. fruiterer, Adelaide street
Brass John, butcher, St. John’s road
Brown John T. butcher, Railway terrace
Brown Thomas & Son, general drapers, Railway terrace
Burnand Wm. boot maker, Redworth rd
Castree William, shopkeeper, Mill street
Co-operate Corn Mill, Flour & Provision Society (Avery Wilson, man.), Redworth road
Copping George, shoe maker, Victoria st
Craggs Elizh. (Mrs.), grocer, Redworth rd
Dodds William, agent for the Onward Building Society, St. John's road
Earp Samuel, hair dresser, Strand street
Eden Reuben, boot & shoe ma. Adelaide st
Ellerby Ann (Mrs.), shopkpr. Simpson st
Etherington William, painter & paperhanger, Alma road
Fletcher William, shoe maker, Station rd
Gardam John, watch & clock maker, Railway terrace
Glass John, agent to the North Eastern Railwy. Co.; mineral dptmnt. Statn.rd
Glendening Alice (Mrs.), shpkpr. West st
Hodgson Jonathn. Locomotive, Shildn. la
Hodgson Robt. Masons’ Arms, Strand st
Hutchinson William, earthenware dlr. Station street
Iley William Henry, chemist & grocer, Strand street, & Old Shildon
Jaques John, grocer, Redworth road
Kitchen Joseph, butcher, Adelaide st
Littlefair Thomas, butcher, Redworth rd
Lockey James, butcher, Craddock ter
Mackintosh Wm. Geo. surgn. Adelaide st
Maddison John, grocer, Adelaide street
Mansfield John, harness ma. Cottage sq
Matthews John, Fleece inn, Mechanic st
Maw Peter, Ship inn, Railway terrace
Mechanics’ Institute (Hodgson Arrowsmith, sec.), Station street
Mowbray Mary (Mrs.), grocer & draper, St. Joan's road
Nicholson John, shopkpr. St. John's road
Parkinson Thomas, grocer, Strand street
Paydon Geo. teacher of music, 4 Eldon ter
Peverley Robinson, Commercial inn, Strand street
Potts John, grocer, St. John's road
Powell Eyre, Black Bull, Adelaide st
Reynolds John, tailor & draper, Cress st
Reynolds Wm. grocer & drapr. Station st
Richmond Martin, cowkpr. Richmond st
Rider John Dixon, grocer, Redworth road
Robinson James, tailor & draper, Alma rd
Sandwick John, carter, Redworth road
Scarff Enos, brick maker, East street
Sedgwick James, Greyhound, Alma rd
Seymour Robert, linen draper, Eldon ter
Shildon Coal Co. (George Pears, esq. manager), Shildon colliery
Shildon Engine Works (North Eastern Railway Co. proprietors; William McNay, manager)
Skelton Elenor (Mrs.), Bay Horse, Strand street
Smales John, draper & grocr. Railway ter
Smeddle Robert, surgeon, Magdala ter
Smith Wm. tailor & draper, Station st
Solomon Thos. general dealer, Short st
Sowerby Christopher, china & glass dealer, Adelaide street
Stabler Edward, grocer, Adelaide street
Stainthorpe George, grocer, Eldon ter
Surtees Thomas, news agent, Adelaide st
Swainston Thomas, grocer, Cross street
Tyson Thomas, shoe maker, Station st
Vickers Joseph, miller, Mill street
Wagner Hy. grocer & butcher, Alma road
Waites Henry, general smith, Simpson st
Wearmouth Mary (Miss), draper & milliner, Railway terrace
Wilkinson Edwd. greengrer. Railway ter
Wilkinson Thomas, grocer, Simpson st
Wilson Peter, greengrocer, Adelaide st
Wright George, shopkeeper, Strand st
Wright William, grocer, Richmond st
SHILDON (OLD) is a market-town, township and district parish, formed in 1837, and including the townships of MIDDRIDGE and MIDDRIDGE GRANGE, 250 miles from London, 9 west from Darlington and 3 south-east of Bishop Auckland, in the north-west division of Darlington ward, union and county court district of Auckland, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, rural deanery of Darlington, and is a polling place for the southern division of the county, situated on the Stockton and Darlington railway, and having a station at New Shildon, called Shildon station. The North Eastern Railway Company supplies the town with gas. The township is governed by a Local Board of Health. The market day is Saturday. The church of St. John is a Gothic stone edifice, erected in 1834, and has a nave, tower containing 2 bells and porch, and contains an organ and will seat 470 persons. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, with residence, and about 1½ acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham, and held by the Rev. Horatio Spurrier, M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford. There are National schools near the church, which have lately been enlarged, so as to hold about 400 children; the Friends’ British school, situated in Chapel street, with residence for master, has a slight endowment, left by the late Mr. Edward Walton; a Sunday school is held at the National school-room. The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, Congregationalists and United Methodist Free Church have places of worship. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The Earl of Eldon, Harry S. E. Smithson, esq. and H. E. Surtees, esq. are the chief landowners. The area of the township of Shildon is 552 acres; rateable value, £16,668. The population of Old and New Shildon in 1871 was 5,574, at present is nearly 10,000.
Parish Clerk, William Bousfield.
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Main street. Joseph Gibson, postmaster. Letters arrive through Darlington at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched at 5.15 p.m.; & on sundays at 7.40 a.m. The nearest telegraph office is at New Shildon
INSURANCE AGENTS:—
Prudential, J. Young, John street
Sovereign Life, J. Robinson
SCHOOLS:—
Friends’ British (for boys & girls), John Barnet, master; Miss Jane Ann Robinson, mistress
National (for boys & girls), Charles Heald, master; Mrs. Heald, mistress
Police Station, Main street, William Parker, sergeant
Shildon & East Thickley Local Board of Health, J. T. Proud, clerk; James Craggs, collector & surveyor
MIDDRIDGE GRANGE township is 2 miles south-east of Old Shildon; the Earl of Eldon is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The area is 850 acres; rateable value, £3,264; the population in 1871 was 46.
Middridge is a small village and township in the parish of Shildon (Old), distant 8 miles north of Darlington, 2 east of Shildon, and 4 south of Bishop Auckland. Here is a National school, and the Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans have each a chapel. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. Sir William Eden, bart. and the Earl of Eldon are the principal landowners. The township contains 1,159 acres; rateable value, £3,756; the population in 1871 was 331.
POST OFFICE.—Letters through Heighington. Chapel Row is the nearest money order office
National School, Joseph Pattison, master
Shildon (Old).
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Fielden Miss, Market place
Fielden Samuel, M.D. Enfield lodge
Foster Edward, 20 Church street
Fryer George, Rose villa
Goundry John Wesley Langston Rev. Earle Augustus, M.A. [curate]
McNay William, South bank
Richardson James, Elm bank
Robson Joseph, Fulton terrace
Spurrier Rev. Horatio, M.A. [vicar], Vicarage
Toward Thomas, Shildon hall
COMMERCIAL.
Adamson John & Sons, builders & cartwrights, Church street
Angus Marion (Mrs.), shopkpr. Main st
Archbold William, newsagent, 2 Association street
Barnet John, master of the Friends’ British schools, Chapel road
Best George, grocer, Auckland terrace
Blamires George, picture frame maker, Garbut street
Boddy John, grocer, Cheapside
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Limited, Shildon Lodge colliery (Robert Colling, manager)
Bousfield William, shopkeeper & parish clerk, 12 Church street
Brown Allison, general draper, ready-made clothing & millinery warehouse, 24 Church street
Brown Thomas, shopkeeper, Auckland terrace
Calvert William, carpenter, Hope st
Carter Robert, beer retailer, Main st
Clark Jane & Diana (Misses), linen drapers, Auckland terrace
Clarkson William, school, Chapel road
Clemison Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer & draper, Main street
Close John, grocer & draper, Market pl
Coates John Thomas, painter & glazier, Wesley terrace
Colling Robert, manager at Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Limited, Shildon Lodge colliery
Coultherd Timothy, boot & shoe maker, Garbut street
Craggs James, collector & surveyor to the Shildon & East Thickley Local Board, Wesley terrace
Davison William, builder & brick maker, Albert street
Dixon John, builder
Dodds Thomas, butcher, 2 Church st
Dunn Edward, butcher, Main street
Dunn James, shoe maker, Church st
Ellis Henry, clothier, Garbut street
Ellis William, beer retir. Auckland ter
Eyles Jonathan, blacksmith, Main st
Fielden Samuel, physician & surgeon, Enfield lodge
Foster Edward, farmer, Church street
GarbuttWilliam John, frmr. Shildon frm
Gibson George, farmer, Red house, Middridge grange
Goddard & Reeve, lemonade manufrs
Graham Jhn. White, shopkpr. Church st
Hall Mary Ann (Mrs.) grocer & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants, Association street
Harrison Christphr. builder, Sunnydale
Harrison John, painter & paperhanger, 32 Garbut street
Holmes Thos. auctioneer, Auckland ter
Holt John, grocer, Hope street
Hopkins, Gilkes & Co. Limited, iron founders (Henry Pitt, manager), Phœnix foundry
Hopps Robert, farmer, Auckland ter
Hughs Robert, frmr. Middridge grange
Iley William Henry, druggist & grocer, Main street, & at New Shildon
Jackson Adam, Dun Cow, Main street
Jackson Thomas, blacksmith, Hope st
Jackson Thomas, Fox & Hounds, Market place
Jarrett Jsph. Jhn. painter &c. Church st
Johnson Robert, shoe maker & grocer, Main street
Jowsey Richard, beer retailer, Quarry st
Jowsey William, builder, 49 Church st
Kitching George, butcher, Auckland ter
Kitching John, shoe maker, Hope st
Lawson John, china, glass & earthenware dealer, 4 Church street
McNaughton Daniel, grocer & draper, Main street
McNaughton William, Surtees Arms, Main street
Metcalf William, dealer in furniture, feathers, flocks & down beds; agent for sewing machines (by all the best makers), also for wringing & mangling machines, Leeds ho. 22 Church st
Myers John, tailor, Iley street
Nevison Edward, cabinet maker & joiner, Church street
Old & New Shildon Co-operative Butchers’ Society (John Thomas Cummins, sec.), Garbut street
Oliver Robert, butcher, Church street
Pearson Joseph, Red Lion inn, Church st
Perrott William, stationer & hairdresser, 18 Church street
Phillips Mahala (Mrs.), tinsmith, Fulton terrace
Pigg Charles, linen draper, Queen st
Public Reading Room, Main street
Ramsden Josiah, grocer, Garbut street
Richardson John, shopkeeper, Queen st
Richmond Geo. grocer & draper, Main st
Robson Martha (Mrs.), grocer & draper, Auckland terrace
Robson Mary Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Hawthorne, Middridge grange
Robson Thomas, watch maker &c. Church street
Robson William, watch & clock maker, Auckland terrace
Sample George, harness maker, Main st
Sayer William, greengrocer, Church st
Scott Lancelot, butcher, Church street
Shildon Choral Society (Henry Sanderson, secretary)
Shildon Co-operative Stores Limited (John Walker, manager), Church st
Siddle Reuben, builder, John street
Stones Geo. Edward, butcher, Church st
Stones William, greengrocer, Church st
Storey Robert, grocer, Main street
Stubbs Joseph, grocer, Auckland ter
Tarn John, Three Tuns, Association st
Tarn Thomas, Cross Keys, Cheapside
Taylor Harrison, butcher, Auckland ter
Taylor Jsph. King William, Cheapside
Taylor Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 72 Church street
Thompson John, confectioner, Church st
Tillotson Samuel, butcher, Back Cheapside
Todd William, shoe maker, Auckland ter
Toward Thomas, builder, contractor, brick manufacturer & quarry owner, Shildon hall
Veitch Thomas Dennison, grocer, chemist & druggist, Cheapside; & at Coundon
Wearmouth Mary (Miss), milliner, 42 Church street
Whitfield Robert, grocer & cabinet maker, 40 Church street
Wild Wm. tailor & draper, 68 Church st
Wilkinson James, Queen's Head, Auckland terrace
Willson Walter, grocer & provision dealer, Church street
Young George, greengrocer, Garbut st
Young James, agent to Prudential Assurance Co. John street
Middridge.
Graham William #### COMMERCIAL.
Bunney Margaret (Mrs.), day school
Butterfield John, butcher
Butterfield Joseph, butcher
Cartwright William, farmer, Barnhill
Clark Joseph, Masons' Arms Dent Isaac, farmer, Horndale
Downs William, King’s Arms Graham Joseph, carpenter & joiner & grocer & draper
Hall George, farmer
Hodgson Rachel (Miss), frmr. Greenfld
Pallister John, farmer, Williamfield
Pallister Thomas, shoe maker
Robson Robert, Bay Horse Scott William, farmer
Smith Hannah (Mrs.), grocer
Smith Joseph, cabinet maker
Taylor John, shoe maker
Wright John & Son, farmers
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