Enjoy a glimpse of history about South Hetton in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
SOUTH HETTON is a large colliery village and ecclesiastical parish, in the Easington union, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, county court district of Seaham Harbour, and Northern division of the county, 1½ miles north-east from Haswell Lane, 3 north-west from Easington, 9¼ east-by-north from Durham, 8 south from Sunderland, 13 north-west from Hartlepool, and 4 west from Seaham Harbour. The Sunderland and Hartlepool railway has a station here; the Junction station of the Durham and Sunderland railway, also a branch of the North Eastern railway, are 1½ miles distant. The church of the Holy Trinity is a Gothic stone building, erected in 1838 by subscription and grants from the Church Building Society: it consists of a chancel and nave and has a gallery and organ: the chancel has three handsome stained windows: there are 400 sittings, which are all free. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of the diocese and held by the Rev. Robert Waters, A.K.C. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The South Hetton Coal Company is one of the largest in the county of Durham; it gives employment to upwards of 1,100 persons: the quality of coal procured here is very good. The South Hetton Library and Reading room, established in 1848, contains upwards of 1,000 volumes, and is also well supplied with periodicals and the London and local newspapers. The principal landowners are Messrs. Baker and Gregson.
POST OFFICE.—James Emmerson, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Fence Houses at 7.50 a.m.; dispatched at 2.12 & 8.45. p.m. Easington Lane is the nearest money order office
INSURANCE AGENT.—Commercial Union, R. D. Cochrane, Colliery
SCHOOLS:—
Colliery, George Allison Turnbull, master; Miss Louisa Ann Fletcher, mistress
Infant, Miss Mary Jane Bailes, mistress
Railway Station, William England, station master
Foster Richard
Waters Rev. Robert, A.K.C. Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Anderson Elizth. (Mrs.), grocer & draper
Armstrong Henry, Butchers’ Arms
Bowden Robert, Hope & Anchor
Braithwaite William, grocer & draper
Broadbent Samuel Winn, surgeon
Caygill George, draper & shoe wareho
Chapman Ralph, shoe maker
Coxon George, beer retailer
Creswell Benjamin, watch maker
Dawson George, Screenmen’s Arms
Dobson William, farmer
Dunn John, engineer, Fallowfield
Elliott Magdalene (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Emmerson James, news agent, & post office
Errington Jane (Mrs.), farmer
Firby George, beer retailer
Forster William F. tailor & clothier
Fowell Edward William, farmer
Henderson Mary (Mrs.), boot & shoe dlr
Huntley George, grocer & greengrocer
Laidler Percival, grocer
Lawson Robson, Grey Horse
Library & Reading Room (David Lemon, secretary & treasurer)
Palmer Edward, Railway inn
Proud Joseph, cashier to South Hetton Coal Co.
Shanks Robert, grocer & draper
South Hetton Colliery Co. (Richard Forster, general manager)
Stell John, Dun Cow
Stubbs Edward, fruiterer
Stokoe Thomas, Station inn
Thompson William, butcher
Webster John, grocer, provision dealer, draper & boot & shoe warehouse
Wood Joseph, White Lion
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