Enjoy a glimpse of history about Stillington in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
STILLINGTON ecclesiastical parish was formed by Order in Council in May, 1872: it comprises the townships of STILLINGTON and WHITTON, and Carlton Iron Works. Stillington is in the civil parish of Redmarshall, union of Sedgefield, county court district of Stockton-on-Tees, 5 miles south from Sedgefield. There being no church, the services are at present conducted in a mission room, but a church will probably be commenced in 1879: it will be a Gothic brick building, consisting of nave, south aisle, and transept, with bell turret containing 1 bell: the designs were furnished by Messrs. Alexander and Henman, of Stockton and Middlesbrough: the first incumbent appointed was the Rev. J. A. Parker, who died February 4th, 1875, when the Rev. Thomas Varley, L.Th. of Durham University, was appointed to the living, the yearly value of which is £160, in the gift of the bishop of the diocese. A School Board for the parish was formed in July, 1874, and schools, with master’s residence, were erected 1877, and opened in October of that year, at a total cost of £1,820; they will hold 204 children. There is a Working Men’s Club, with reading room at Carlton iron works, well supplied with newspapers and periodicals: there is also a free library in connection with the mission room. Here is a goods station called Stillington Weigh and Carlton Iron Works station, on the West Hartlepool and Ferry Hill branch of the North Eastern railway. The greater part of Stillington is owned by the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford, and is held on lease by the trustees of the late
John R. Davison, esq. The population in 1871, of Stillington was 60 ; the population of the ecclesiastical parish is now estimated at 630.
Whitton township is situated 1$\frac{1}{2}$ miles west from Thorpe Thewles, in the civil parish of Grindon and union of Stockton. Here are the Carlton iron works, and the Carlton station on the West Hartlepool and Ferry Hill branch of the North Eastern railway. The principal landowners are Anthony Wilkinson, esq. and Mrs. Atkinson. The area is 741 acres ; rateable value, £5,217 ; and the population is about 40.
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Carlton Iron Works.—John Dunn Pipe, postmaster. Letters arrive from Stockton-on-Tees at 8.10 a.m. ; & dispatched thereto at 3.40 p.m
Board School, Thomas Fenton, master ; Mrs. Jane Fenton, mistress
RAILWAY STATIONS:—
Stillington Weigh, Frederick Nix, station master
Whitton (Carlton), Thomas Bedford, station master
Stillington (Carlton Iron Works), John Dunn Pipe, station master
Stillington.
Varley Rev. Thos. L.Th. Carlton iron wks
Gibbon Thompson, farmer
Gray Wm. grocer, Carlton iron works
Hoggett Henry, secretary to Carlton Iron Co. Carlton iron works
Hopps Thomas, farmer
Marshall Thos. boot ma. Carlton iron wks
Redshaw John, Royal inn, Carlton iron works
Whaley Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Carlton iron works
Williamson William Hustler, farmer
Wood Robert, farmer
Whitton.
Blenkinsop Thomas, farmer
Carlton Iron Co. Limited (Thomas Kirk, managing director ; Henry Hoggett, jun. secretary)
Harbottle John, farmer
Hartburn Thomas, farmer
Nelson Clark, farmer
Parsons Daniel, farmer & beer retailer
Thompson Jno. frmr. Whittn. Three gates
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