Enjoy a glimpse of history about Staindrop in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
STAINDROP is a township, parish and small town, situated on the turnpike road, between the city of Durham and Barnard Castle, 19 miles south-west from the former place and 6 north-east from the latter, in the Southern division of the county, south-west division of Darlington ward, Teesdale union, Barnard Castle county court district, rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The parish comprises the townships of STAINDROP, RABY and KEVERSTONE, SHOTTON and LANGLEY DALE. The town consists principally of one wide street, about half a mile in length, and contains several good houses and is lighted with gas. The Langley Beck, which is crossed by a bridge near the east end of the church, passes it on the north and separates it from Raby. The church of the Blessed Virgin stands at the east end of the town: it is an old stone building, in the Later Norman, Early English and Perpendicular styles, and has chancel, nave and aisles, tower with 6 bells, and organ: the church contains many ancient tombs and monuments, the most conspicuous of which is that of Ralph Neville, the first Earl of Westmorland of that name, K.G. Earl Marshal of England, who died in 1426; it is an altar tomb of alabaster, beautifully ornamented, and surmounted by figures of the Earl in complete armour and his two wives, one on either side. The register dates from the year 1635. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Cockfield, joint yearly value £350, in the gift of the Duke of Cleveland (in whom the great tithes of the parish are vested) and held by the Rev. Harry Curteis Lipscomb, M.A. of University College, Durham. Here are Congregational, Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels, and the Society of Friends have a meeting-house. The Scarth Memorial Hall is a reading and club room, with lecture-room for the workmen of the district, erected by subscription as a testimony of esteem for the late T. F. Scarth, who had been for many years estate agent for the Duke of Cleveland. The first stone was laid on the 19th of November, 1874, by Mr. J. W. Pease, M.P. The building is from plans by Messrs. Ross and Lamb, of Darlington, and contains the usual rooms—the large hall will contain 400 people. Petty sessions for the south-west division of Darlington ward are held here every alternate Saturday, and at Barnard Castle the second and last Wednesdays in the month. In 1862
almshouses were erected by Henry, Duke of Cleveland, for twelve inmates, each with cottage and garden, with an income from an estate at Stapleton, in Yorkshire. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil immediately around Staindrop is alluvial deposit resting upon millstone grit; north-east are the coal measures, and west the sandstone and shale of the land measures. The chief crops are barley, oats and roots, and the grass land is highly productive. The area of the entire parish is 12,563 acres; and the population in 1871 was 2,220; the area of the township is 2,004 acres; rateable value, £4,932; the population in 1871 was 1,234.
Raby and Keverstone form a township in the parish of Staindrop. Raby is 7 miles from Barnard Castle. Raby Castle, the seat of the Duke of Cleveland, K.G. is situated about a mile north of the town of Staindrop, and is traditionally supposed to occupy the site of the mansion given by Canute to the church of Durham: the present edifice is, however, principally indebted for its splendour to John de Neville, who, in 1379, obtained a license to ‘make a castle of his manor of Raby, and to embattle and crenelate its towers’: the architecture of nearly the whole castle agrees with the style prevalent at that period, and as most of the modern repairs and additions have been made in strict conformity with it, this structure is now considered to be one of the best specimens of a feudal baron’s palace.
to be seen in the north of England; it occupies the summit of a gentle slope, and is surrounded by an embattled wall, which encloses an area of about three acres, into which there is only one entrance, by a gateway tower on the north, defended by a portcullis and flanking parapets: the park extends over 800 acres.
Keverstone is 8 miles from Barnard Castle and is an elevated piece of ground, which commands a wide view over a pretty valley to the east. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The township of Raby and Keverstone comprises an area of 2,752 acres; rateable value, £2,926; the population in 1871 was 270.
Langley Dale with Shotton forms a township, the former place 1½ miles west from Staindrop, and the latter 2½ miles north-west. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The area is 4,578 acres; rateable value, £2,754; and the population in 1871 was 178.
Parish Clerk, Peter William Dixon.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Robert Bell, postmaster. Letters from Darlington arrive at 8.30 a.m. & from Barnard Castle 6.30 p.m.; dispatched at 5.17 p.m. & 7.17 a.m
INSURANCE AGENT.—Royal, T. Railton
Infant School, Miss Lawson, mistress
National School, Joseph Lax, master
Police Station, William Taylor, sergeant
Staindrop.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Alderson Miss, Market place
Anderson Rev. John [Congregational]
Brunskill William
Cooke Mrs
Copeland William
Copeland William, jun
Cruddace Thomas, West end
Dalton Miss, The Hall
Davidson Robert Thomas, West end
Dent Mrs
Dixon Jeremiah, West end
Dixon Miss, West end
Drury Miss, West end
Hanson John, The Green
Hartley Mrs
Hobson Miss, The Green
Hobson Mrs
Hodgson Mrs. West end
Holliday Miss, West end
Jackson Mrs. George, West end
Knapton James, West end
Lipscomb Rev. Harry Curteis, M.A. D.L., J.P. [vicar]
Oliver Dr. J
Raw Mrs
Richmond Miss, Market place
Robinson George, West end
Ruddock Miss, The Green
Ruddock Mrs. William, The Green
Scarth William Thomas, J.P. Staindrop house
Trotter Mrs. James, The Green
Vickers Charles, Market place
Walker Samuel Dodsworth
Watkin Mrs. The Green
Watkin Mrs. William, West end
COMMERCIAL.
Addison Margrt.(Mrs.), farmer, Moor la
Alderson John, King’s Arms
Beck Robert, grocer
Bell Robert, grocer, & post office
Bowman Miss, dress maker
Boynes J. E. teacher of music
Braithwaite Geo. boot & shoe maker
Brown John, coal dealer
Brunskill William, surgeon
Bungay James, market gardener
Burton Thomas, farmer, Scaife house
Caygill George, farmer
Clark John, painter
Clark William, market gardener
Close Christopher, chimney sweeper
Close William, mason
Coates Henry, tailor
Coates Thomas, draper & grocer
Copeland Henry, market gardener
Copeland James, grocer & joiner
Copeland William, surgeon
Copeland William, jun. surgeon
Davison William, Greyhound inn
Dent William, coal dealer
Dixon John, miller & grocer
Dixon Joseph, registrar of births & deaths, & relieving officer for Staindrop district of Teesdale union
Dixon Peter Wm. shoe maker & clogger
Dowdeswell Thomas, Wheatsheaf inn
Eden Miss, dress maker
Fawcett John, joiner
Forster George, jun. cattle dealer
Fortune John, Black Swan
Garthwaite Charles, shoe maker
Garthwaite Jane (Mrs.), dress maker
Gas Co. (J. Fawcett, sec.)
Gibbon Matthew, tailor & draper
Gibson Benjamin, shoe maker
Guy John, grocer & flour dealer
Hanson John & Co. drapers & grocers
Harker Annie (Mrs.), dress maker
Hart Francis James, Queen’s Head
Hartley George, carter &c
Hartley James, quarry owner
Hay William, stationer & news agent
Hays John, pig jobber
Holliday Thomas, Royal Oak
Hopper Miss, shopkeeper
Hopper Richard, joiner
Jackson Richard, butcher
Jackson Thomas, farmer, Snotterton
Knapton Jas. land & engineering survr
Lax Jane (Mrs.), fancy repository
Lindsay Louisa (Miss), school
Lowes Ralph, farmer
Mennel Robert, grocer
Metcalf Christopher, farmer
Newcomb John, millwright
Newcomb William, millwright
Pearson Geo. grocer & assistant overseer
Preston Joseph, farmer
Pyburn Annie (Mrs.), dress maker
Pyburn Thomas, tailor
Race John, blacksmith
Railton James, saddler
Railton Thomas, shoe maker
Rayson Henry, saddler
Robinson Matthew, earthenware dealer
Robson John, farmer, Gawen house
Ruddock Henry, painter
Ruddock John, boot & shoe maker
Scarth William Thomas, land agent to the Duke of Cleveland
Simpson George, mason
Simpson George, plumber
Spence Christopher J. estate bailiff
Spence James, shopkeeper
Spence John, coal dealer
Spence John, mason
Stephenson Christopher, whitesmith
Stephenson Geo. farmer & market gardnr
Taylor Robert, shoe maker
Taylor T. S. M.C.P. principal of Raby college
Taylor James, joiner
Thompson Henry, farmer, Blakely
Thompson John, quarry owner, Dam ho
Thompson Robinson, earthenware dlr
Thornton Thos. cab & omnibus propr
Tiplady John, farmer, Bolton hill
Trotter Mrs. W. laundress
Vickers William, tailor
Waistell Harriet (Mrs.), butcher
Walker Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Walker Charles, joiner & cartwright
Walker Francis, blacksmith
Walker Jane (Mrs.), dress maker
Walker John S. cooper
Walker William, joiner & cartwright
Walker William, tailor
Walker William, jun. joiner
Wallburn Isaac, Waterloo inn
Willans Joseph, tailor
Wilson Charles, Black Lion
Wilson John, mason
Keverstone.
Graham Robert, farmer
Stanwix John, farmer
Scarth Leveson E. land agent
Raby.
Cleveland His Grace the Duke of, K.G. Raby castle
Bell William, farm bailiff to the Duke of Cleveland
Buckle George, head gamekeeper to the Duke of Cleveland
Garthwaite Joseph, accountant to the Duke of Cleveland
Hartas George, farmer, Raby park
Havelock Thomas, wood reeve
Livesey William, architect
Sowerby William, farmer, Old Lodge, Raby park
Taylor John, gas manager
Westcott Richard, head gardener to the Duke of Cleveland
Langley Dale with Shotton.
Armstrong Michael, farmer
Bell George, farmer
Bell Martin, farmer
Heslop Joseph, farmer
Hodgson George, farmer
Hodgson William, farmer
Jamieson Joseph, farmer
Jamieson Joseph, jun. farmer
Kellett Robert, farmer
London Lead Co. Gaunless mill
Lowry Robert, farmer
Metcalf Ralph, farmer
Simpson Edward, farmer
Thompson Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Tinkler Walton, farmer, High Shotton
Tinkler William, farmer, Lower Shotton
Wade Robert, farmer
Walker Joseph, farmer
Wilson William, blacksmith
Wilson William, farmer
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