Enjoy a glimpse of history about Stanhope in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
STANHOPE parish is the most extensive in the county, and extends from the parish of Wolsingham on the south-east to the boundaries of Cumberland on the west; it is one of the polling places for the Southern division of the county, in the north-western division of the ward of Darlington, union of Weardale, county court district of Wolsingham, northern division of the rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The parish is intersected from east to west by the valley of the Wear and is enclosed on both sides by lofty eminences and moorlands; it is divided into four quarters or townships, called respectively FOREST, NEWLANDSIDE, PARK and STANHOPE quarters. The ancient market town of Stanhope is situated on the road between the city of Durham and Alston, in Cumberland, 21 miles west from the former and 20 east-south-east from the latter place, 27 south-west by road from Newcastle-on-Tyne, 40 south-west from South Shields, 33 south-west from Sunderland, 26 north-west from Darlington and 265 from London; it occupies a sheltered situation on the north side of the Wear, at the point where the Stanhope burn flows into that river. The river is crossed by a bridge of one arch; the town is governed by a Local Board of Health, is well lighted with gas and has a plentiful supply of very pure water; it is the terminus of the Wear Valley branch of the North Eastern railway. The church of St. Thomas the Apostle occupies an elevated situation on the north side of the town, and has chancel, nave, aisles and organ chamber, with low square tower containing 2 bells: it was restored in 1868, under the direction of Ewan Christian, esq. of London, at a cost of £4,000: there is a stained window in the chancel, erected to the memory of George Arnison, esq. of Stanhope, by his brother Charles; there are tablets to the memory of Isabella Arnison, widow of Christopher Arnison, surgeon, of Allandale, and one to Mrs. Clayton, wife of the present rector. The register dates from the year 1605. The living is a rectory, yearly value £1,650, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Ripon and held by the Rev. Charles Clayton, M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, who was for many years senior fellow and tutor of that college. The rectorship of Stanhope is noteworthy from the large number of eminent men who have held the living: among others may be named Bishop Tunstall, of the Reformation period; Bishop Butler (author of the “Analogy”); Bishop Thurlow, brother of Lord Chancellor Thurlow; Bishop Phillpotts; Bishop Barrington, who endowed many schools in this district; Dr. Keene, Bishop of Chester. The predecessor of Bishop Phillpotts was the Rev. Mr. Hardinge, father of Sir C. Hardinge, bart. formerly vicar of Tonbridge, Kent, and father of Sir Henry Hardinge, afterwards Lord Hardinge. The churchwardens’ accounts are unusually well kept from the year 1612; amongst other interesting matters they show that at the Restoration a rate of 20s. in the pound was levied to restore the church, and two years later a further rate of 10s. in the pound was levied to place 2 new bells in the tower. There is a cemetery, occupying two acres, at Sinclair’s Ford, the burial board for which is composed of half churchmen and half dissenters. Here is an excellent school, with a small endowment from a fund left by Bishop Barrington, a former Bishop of Durham and rector of this parish; the present schools were erected by public subscriptions, aided by the National Society and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; they are in the Elizabethan style, and comprise separate rooms for boys, girls and infants, with excellent classrooms; also a residence for the master. Here is also a school, with an endowment of about £36 yearly, arising from land and houses, bequeathed by Dr. Hartwell. A good residence, with a field of 3 acres, was bequeathed by Mrs. Chapman for the use of the curates of Stanhope. The trade of the town of Stanhope, and of the entire parish, is, to a great extent, dependent on the Weardale iron and lead mines and the numerous limestone quarries in the neighbourhood. Petty sessions are held on the third Friday in each month. A commodious building was erected in 1867 for concerts and lectures, with a good reading room in connection with it. The Stanhope agricultural meeting is held on the second Friday in September. Three fairs are held here—namely, on the Thursday before Easter, on the second Friday in September, for the sale of cattle, and the second Friday in October. The principal landowners are the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who are the lords of the manor, and J. R. W. Hildyard, esq. J.P. The area of the entire parish of Stanhope is 60,875 acres of land and 320 acres of water; rateable value of Stanhope, £49,037; and the population in 1871 was 10,330; the area of the ecclesiastical parish is 22,800 acres, and the population in 1871 was 2,810. The area of Stanhope Quarter is 13,370 acres; and the population in 1871 was 3,256; it comprises, besides the town of Stanhope and the village of Eastgate, the villages of STOTSFIELD BURN and BOLTSBURN, both included in the ecclesiastical district of Rookhope, and noticed under that heading.
FOREST QUARTER has an area of 23,208 acres, including 480 acres in Northgate Fell Moor, and a population in 1871 of 4,626: it includes the towns of ST. JOHN’S CHAPEL, and the villages of DADDY SHIELDS and IRESHOPE, in the ecclesiastical parish of St. John’s Weardale, and noticed under that heading: the hamlet of COPT HILL, and the villages of COW’S HILL, LANE HEAD and WEAR HEAD, in the ecclesiastical parish of Heathery Cleugh, and noticed under that heading.
PARK QUARTER has an area of 12,887 acres, and a population in 1871 of 1,046: it comprises the village of Westgate, now an ecclesiastical parish, and noticed under that heading.
The area of NEWLANDSIDE QUARTER and BISHOPLEY is 11,727 acres, and the population in 1871 was 680.
FROSTERLEY QUARTER had a population in 1871 of 722.
Parish Clerk, John Maddison
Eastgate is a village, and is to be an ecclesiastical parish, in Stanhope Quarter, 3 miles west from Stanhope, on the north bank of the Wear. Here is a chapel of ease to St. Thomas, Stanhope; it is a plain stone building, consisting of chancel and nave, with 1 bell: the Rev. George Thomas Winch, B.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge, is curate in sole charge. There are National schools for boys and girls, and a chapel for Wesleyans. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor, and with J. R. W. Hildyard, esq. J.P. principal landowners. The soil is loam; subsoil, limestone. The land is mainly applied to grazing and pasturage. The area is 10,350 acres.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings Bank & Annuity & Insurance Office.—John Maddison, postmaster. Letters arrive from Darlington at 9.30 a.m.; dispatched at 4.20 p.m
POST OFFICE, EASTGATE.—Mrs. Mary Proudfoot, receiver. Letters from Darlington arrive at 9.20 a.m.; dispatched at 4.15 p.m. Stanhope and St. John’s Chapel are the nearest money order offices
MAGISTRATES generally acting for the Petty Sessional division of the north-west division of Darlington ward:—
Valentine Rippon, esq. Rogerley hall
J. R. W. Hildyard, esq. Horsley hall
J. C. Backhouse, esq
H. Pease, esq
Clerk to the Magistrates, John Thompson
Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall on the third Friday in every month.
The following places are included in the Petty Sessional division—The whole of Stanhope parish, with the parishes of Edmondbyers and Hunstanworth
Clerk to the Burial Board, John Thompson
Clerk to the Highway Board for the Weardale District, John Thompson
WEARDALE UNION.
The union contained in 1871 a population of 19,163; gross estimated rental, £104,712; rateable value, £89,645: it comprises the following places:—Edmondbyers, Forest Quarter, Frosterley Quarter, Hunstanworth, Newland Side with Bishopley Quarter, Park Quarter, Stanhope, Stanhope Quarter and Wolsingham.
Board day, every alternate friday.
Clerk, John Lee
Assistant Overseer & Collector, William Morley
Relieving Officer, Henry Harrison
Vaccination & Medical Officer, Charles Arnison, M.D
Superintendent Registrar, Thomas Holden Bates
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Henry Harrison
Union house, Jonathan Hodgson, master; Rev. Jas. Cosby, chaplain; Charles Arnison, M.D.; surgeon; Mrs. Maria Hodgson, matron
RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.
Clerk, John Lee
Medical Officer, Charles Arnison
Inspector of Nuisances, William Morley, Eggleston
URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.
Clerk, John Thompson
Medical Officer, Charles Arnison
Surveyor, Inspector of Nuisances & Collector, William Morley
INSURANCE AGENTS:—
Royal, G. Bainbridge
Westminster Fire, J. Tinkler
Barrington Schools, Crawley Side, Robert McKie, master; Miss Margaret McCallum, mistress; Miss Jane Ward, assistant mistress
Railway Station, William Charlton, station master & goods agent
Stanhope.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Arnison Charles
Bolton Thomas Dobson, Horn hill
Clayton Rev. Charles, M.A. [rector]
Cosby Rev. James, B.A. [curate]
Crawhall John
Hildyard John Richard Westgarth, D.L., J.P. Horsley hall
Livingstone Thomas
McCutcheon James
Pease Henry, J.P. Stanhope castle
Rippon Major Sydney
Roddam John Watson, New town
Thompson John
Worsnop Rev. Jhn. [Primitive Methodist]
COMMERCIAL.
Adamson Mary (Mrs.), grocer
Arnison Charles, surgeon
Ashbridge John, grocer & draper
Askew John, boot & shoe maker
Atkinson Leonard, shopkeeper
Backhouse J. & Co. bankers (branch of Bishop Auckland) (B. Boulton, manager), open on friday from 12 to 4; draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London
Bainbridge Geo. farmr. Parron Byres
Bell Brothers, limestone quarry owners (John Wedgewood, manager)
Brown Francis, farmer, Green head
Brown Michael, tailor
Carr John, shopkeeper
Carr Joseph, boot & shoe maker
Cobburn James, shopkeeper
Collingwood Geo. farmer, High house
Collinson Jane (Mrs.), tailor
Curragh Jsph. farmr. Shittle Hope burn
Currey John, shopkeeper
Elliott John, shopkeeper, Crawley
Elliott Mary (Mrs.), linen draper
Elliott Thomas, boot & shoe maker
Emerson Brothers, farmers
Emmerson Dorothy, Barbara & Isabella (Misses), farmers, Horsley Burn
Fenwick James, Queen’s Head
Fenwick William, grocer & draper
Gibson Joseph, farmer, Ravensfield
Hall John, farmer
Harrison Henry, relieving officer & registrar of births, deaths & marriages
Heads Hannah (Mrs.), Red Lion
Heads George, grocer & draper
Hewitson Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Leach John, greengrocer
Livingstone Thomas, surgeon
McCullum Danl. tailor & woollen draper
Maddison John, stationer, & post office
Mews Richard, Pack Horse
Newlandside Hall Estate (limestone quarries, William Harvey Thompson, agent), Newlandside
Nicholson John, Crawley inn, Crawley
Noddin John, auctioneer
Ord & Maddison, farmers & quarry owners (George Pattison, manager)
Page William, tailor
Parkin Simon, Phœnix
Patrick Brothers, farmers, Stewart Shield meadows
Raine George, grocer
Raine John, shopkeeper
Raine William, tailor
Ridley Robert, farmer, Crawley side
Robinson Thomas, farmer, Shield Ash
Robinson Thomas, saddler
Roddam John Watson, land & estate agt
Ross Thomas, Love’s Folly, Crawley
Rutherford John, farmer, Jolly Body
Sanderson John, White Lion
Sanderson Nicholas, shopkeeper
Sanderson Thomas, farmer & butcher, Thimbleby hill
Savings Bank (John Crawhall, actuary), open on second & last friday in the month, from 12 till 2
Stanhope Gas Light Co. Limited (John Thompson, sec)
Stanhope & Weardale Co-operative Store (John Spark, manager)
Stephenson Joseph, plumber & painter
Stephenson Wm. farmer, Shittleside
Thompson John, solicitor
Tinkler Brothers, animal preservers
Tinkler Francis, joiner
Tweddle William, seedsman
Urwin Nicholas, Grey Bull
Vickers Charles, farmer, Snow’s field
Vickers Francis, farmer, Belle view
Vickers Teasdale, farmer, Shipley burn
Vickers William, grocer
Walton Joseph, auctioneer
Walton Robt. coal & lead mine owner
Walton Thomas, chemist & stationer
Walton Thomas, farmer, Aller Gill
Ward John, farmer, Lane head
Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Limited (Joseph Crone, managing engineer; Thomas Crawhall, cashier), Stanhope Burn iron works
Wilson Jonathan, farmer, Newlandside
Wilson Wm. farmer, Snowdrop gate
Eastgate.
COMMERCIAL.
Atkinson George, farmer, Shepherd ho
Bell George, farmer, Northgate
Collingwood Featherstone, farmer
Collinson George, farmer, Sweet well
Dowson Ann (Mrs.), f rmr. Hanging well
Emmerson John, farmer, Hogg gate
Featherstone Joseph, farmer, Whithoo
Golightly George, farmer, Northgate
Golightly John, farmer, Northgate
Herdman Thomas, farmer, Western Hope burn
Hewitson Thomas, farmer, Old park
Lowe William, boot & shoe maker
Maughan John, farmer, Horsley head
Moore Thomas, Cross Keys
Morley William, farmer
Oliver John, farmer, Hanging well
Parker Joseph, farmer, Ashes bank
Phillipson Brothers, millers
Phillipson Sarah (Mrs.), butcher
Phillipson Thomas, grocer
Proudfoot Bainbridge, blacksmith
Reed Matthew, farmer, Ludwell
Stephenson Hy. farmer, Ambling gate
Stephenson Hy. farmer, Billing shield
Thompson Wm. farmer, Long leigh
Tweddle John, farmer, Sunderland
Vickers Joseph, farmer, Howl john
Walton Jhn. frmr. Western Hope burn
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