Amble, Northumberland: People and Places of 1879

 

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879

AMBLE with HAUXLEY is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1869 from the parish of Warkworth, and comprises the townships of AMBLE, HAUXLEY, GLOSTER HILL and part of TOGSTON. Amble is a seaport and large village, situated on an acclivity overlooking the sea, 1 mile south-east from Warkworth, 3 miles south-west from Acklington and 33 north from Newcastle, in the Northern division of the county, east division of Morpeth ward, union and county court district of Alnwick, rural deanery of Alnwick, archdeaconry of Lindisfarne and diocese of Durham; it is the terminus of the Amble branch line from Chevington on the North Eastern railway. The village of Amble has much increased and is a thriving place, depending chiefly for its support on the neighbouring collieries; a local board has been formed consisting of nine members. The church of St. Cuthbert, consecrated October 18th, 1870, is a handsome stone edifice in the Early Decorated style, and consists of chancel, 32 ft. deep, lofty nave, which is 60 ft. long, with open-timbered roof, organ chamber and vestry: the interior walls are of dressed stone, and the whole building is characterised by elegant simplicity of design: the seats, which will hold 400 persons, are entirely free and unappropriated: the beautiful altar cloth and decorations are the work and gift of Mrs. Widdrington, Mrs. Orde and others. The register dates from the year 1870. The living is a rectory, yearly value £365, with residence, in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of Durham alternately, and is held by the Rev. Arthur Octavius Medd, M.A. of University College, Oxford. Adjoining the church are the schools for boys and girls: they were opened 20th June, 1872, and will, with recent enlargement, hold upwards of 250 children. The British school, supported by the scholars' pence, assisted by a Government grant, is in a flourishing state. There is a Burial Board: the cemetery was opened April 1st, 1878; it is 2 1/4 acres in extent and has two mortuary chapels and a house for the keeper. Here are Congregational and Wesleyan places of worship, and there is a reading room. The Broomhill and Radcliffe collieries have tramways to the harbour at Amble, terminating in coal staiths, from which large quantities of coal and bricks are yearly shipped. Here are salt works, gas works and also the extensive firebrick works of the Radcliffe Coal Company. During the herring season many boats are engaged, and a brisk trade is carried on in curing the fish caught. The trustees of the late Col. Charles Leslie, who are lords of the manor, M. H. Dand and S. F. Widdrington, esqs. and the trustees of the late T. G. Smith, are the principal landowners. The area of the township is 1,142 acres; rateable value, £5,454; the population in 1871 was 1,233; the area of the ecclesiastical parish is 1,853 acres; and the population in 1871 was 1827.

Hauxley township is one mile and a half south-east and is a fishing and agricultural village, with a reading room and good school and master's house; here also is the lifeboat station. At Radcliffe village, in this township, is an extensive colliery, worked by the Radcliffe Coal Company: a tramway from the works conveys the coals to the coast, at Amble, for shipment; at Radcliffe there is also a reading room, a school and master's house. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The trustees of the late Col. Charles Leslie are owners of the coal royalties. The principal landowners are M. H. Dand, esq. S. F. Widdrington, esq. and William Rochester, esq. The acreage is 754; rateable value, £2,116; the population in 1871 was 556.

COQUET ISLAND, in the German Ocean, is about 3 miles south-east from Warkworth, and 1 1/4 east from Amble: it is in the township of Hauxley and is the property of the Duke of Northumberland. A substantial lighthouse has been erected by the Trinity House.

Togston township is 1 1/4 miles south-west. The Duke of Northumberland is lord of the manor. The trustees of the late T. G. Smith, esq. the Rev. Edward Lawson, James Dand, esq. and the trustees of the late Colonel Leslie are the sole landowners. Togston Hall is now occupied as a farm house. The soil is strong loam; the chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and turnips. The acreage is 1,079; rateable value, £2,370; the population in 1871 was 208.

GLOSTER HILL township is half a mile west; it consists of one farm, containing 212 acres of land, the property of and farmed by Robert Dand, esq. Fieldhouse, Lesbury; rateable value, £321; the population in 1871 was 38.

Parish Clerk, John Mole.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, & Savings Bank, Amble.—Thomas Leighton, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Acklington at 7.25 a.m. & 7.15 p.m. & are dispatched at 3.25 p.m. & 9 p.m INSURANCE AGENTS:— Royal, J. M. Henderson, North Eastern Banking Co Sun Fire, C. Wheatley Burial Board, Middleton H. Dand, chairman; William Gibson, clerk & keeper of cemetery Royal National Life Boat Institution, Rev. A. O. Medd, sec.; James Armstrong, coxswain of life boat PUBLIC OFFICERS:— Assistant Overseer, William Gibson Clerk to the Warkworth Harbour Commissioners, John Park Harbour Master, Martin Forest Gray Custom House Officer, John Graham Lloyd's Agent, J. M. Henderson Keeper of Coquet Island Lighthouse, William Evans Medical Officer to the Warkworth District of Alnwick Union, Thomas Currie Staith Master, John Muras Vice-Consul for German Empire, Denmark, Sweden & Norway, John M. Henderson SCHOOLS:— Church, Amble, John Glass, master; William Hartshorn, assistant master Hauxley, Miss Dorothy Harrison Radcliffe, William Laidler, master British, Amble, Walter Leatherhead, master CARRIERS TO:— ALNWICK—Robert Hewitt, wednesday & saturday; John Henderson, wednesday & saturday; Edward Craggs, sat NEWCASTLE—John Lee, weekly NORTH SHIELDS—Edward Craggs, weekly

Amble. Beattie George Calder James Currie Thomas, L.R.C.P Joplin Rev. Robert [Congregational] McGrigor Rev. Jas. Digby Walt. [curate] Medd Rev. Arthur Octavius, M.A. [rector] Richardson Robert

COMMERCIAL. Adler Robert, master mariner Amble & Warkworth Gas Co. (William Gibson, sec.) Anderson Thomas, pilot Bowman Robert, grocer Brewis Thomas, chemist Broomhill Coal Co. colliery proprietors (John Park, fitter) Brown & Green, stone merchants Brown Thos. John, boot ma. & Dock inn Brown William, plumber Bryson Robert Gobling, merchnt. tailor Campbell Thomas, watch maker Carr & King (Misses), milliners Carse Robert & Sons, stone masons Chambers Andrew, chemist & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mers Claxton Jonas, master mariner Cockburn Joseph, boot maker Connell Frederick James, painter, paper-hanger & house decorator Copeland Robert, plumber Coulson Edward, grocer Currie Thomas, surgeon Dawson Robert, butcher Ditchburn David, master mariner Douglas John, sen. farmer Douglas John, farmer, Link house Douglas Mark, farmer, Hope house Douglas Thomas, builder & contractor, Church street Duncan John, ship owner Fawcus Francis, grocer & baker Forster William, draper & tailor Gas Works (John M. Henderson, proprietor; William Hay, man) Gibb John Henry, master mariner Gibson William, assistant overseer, sec. to Gas co.; clerk to Burial board &c Graham Richard, butcher Gray Thomas, Gardeners' Arms Guthrie George Henry, greengrocer Guy James Edward, Waterloo commercial hotel & posting house Harrison John & James, boat builders Hart Robert, milliner Hasson Patrick, boot & shoe maker Henderson George, tailor Henderson Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Henderson John Marshall, salt manufr Hewitt & Dixon, blacksmiths Holmes William, master mariner Hopkinson Mary Sarah (Mrs.), grocer & draper

DIRECTORY.] NORTHUMBERLAND. BAMBURGH. 561

Horn Richard, boot maker

Howey John, baker

Jackson George, master mariner

Johnson John, blacksmith

Lamb Thomas, Harbour inn

Lee John, Wellwood Arms

Lee Samuel, market gardener

Leighton Thomas, grocer

Leighton William Robt. master mariner

Lewis Robert, master mariner

McInnes Robert Green, grocer

Matthews Benjamin, pilot

Matthews Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner

Matthews John, sen. master mariner

Matthews John, jun. pilot

Matthews John, Steam Boat inn

Matthews Robert, pilot

Melrose Isabella (Mrs.) & Son, butchers

Mole John, greengrocer

Murray & Pye, joiners

Murrie David, tailor

Norman John, pilot

North Eastern Banking Co. (branch) (John M. Henderson, manager); draw on Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co., Lombard street, London e.c

Pattison George, Blue Bell inn

Porter William, master mariner

Pringle George, master mariner

Richardson Robert, greengrocer

Richardson Robert, ship owner

Richardson William, tailor

Robinson George, pilot

Rutherford Brothers, joiners

Rutherford Andrew, boot maker

Shepherd Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner & dress maker

Shotton James, butcher

Spence Edward & David Magnus, builders, contractors, auctioneers, commission agents & general house furnishers

Straker Robert, Radcliffe Arms

Sterling John, hair dresser & printer

Sutherland Wellington, hair dresser

Taylor John, beer retailer

Thompson Joseph, cab proprietor

Tranent William, grocer & draper

Turnbull Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Turner William Robinson, boot maker

Tweedy William, tailor

Ward John & William, drapers

Warminger John, master mariner

Wear Thomas, Schooner inn

Wheatley John, master mariner

Wilson Robert, Fox & Hounds

Winter William, draper, grocer, stationer & news agent

Wood Philip Thew Scott, slater & plasterer, Byron street

Young Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer

Young Sarah (Mrs.), Mason's Arms

Young Thomas, tailor

Hauxley.

Dand Middleton Henry, Hauxley cot

Dand Robert, Hauxley hall

Kinnear William, Radcliffe house

COMMERCIAL.

Anderson John, grocer

Atchison Jas. viewer to Radcliffe Coal Co

Cragg Henry, grocer, Radcliffe

Dand Middleton Henry, farmer & landowner, Hauxley cottage

Dand Robert, farmer, Hauxley hall

Douglas Andrew, farmer, Bondicar

Douglas John, fish agent

Muers Jane (Miss), Radcliffe Arms

Radcliffe Colliery (William Kinnear, resident owner; Jas. Atchison, viewer)

Togston.

Annett John

Dand John Tate, Togston house

COMMERCIAL.

Annett Jacob Wm. farmer, Togston hall

Chrisp John, farmer, New hall

Dickinson Joseph (exors. of), farmers, Low hall

Innes James, cartwright

Gloster Hill.

Fleming William, gardener