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Beadnell, Northumberland: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Beadnell in Northumberland, North East England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879




BEADNELL is a township, village and ecclesiastical parish formed in 1854 from Bamburgh parish, 9 miles south-east from Belford, 12 north-east from Alnwick and 4 north-east from Chathill station on the York, Newcastle and Berwick railway, in the Northern division of the county Bamburgh ward, Belford union and county court district, Bamburgh rural deanery, Lindisfarne archdeaconry and Durham diocese, situated on the sea shore on the east coast. The church of St. Ebbe is a Gothic stone building, has chancel, nave and small spire containing 1 bell. The register dates from the year 1766. The living is a perpetual curacy, yearly value £175, in the gift of the incumbent of Bambrough and held by the Rev. John Charles Dunn, B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. There is a school for boys and girls, supported by the trustees of Lord Crewe, the incumbent, and T. W. Craster, esq. and weekly payments by the children. Thomas Wood Craster, esq. is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clayey ; the subsoil is clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, turnips, potatoes and grass. In the district are collieries and limeworks. The population of the township in 1871 was 296 ; the area is 793 acres. The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1871 was 555 ; the area is 3,901.

Parish Clerk, William Southen.

Letters through Chat hill. North Sunderland is the nearest money order office

CARRIER TO ALNWICK.—Wm. Robert Air, on saturdays

School, William Southen, master

SWINHOE is a township and hamlet 6 1/2 miles south-east from Belford and 2 east from Chat hill station. The land belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Durham, the Duke of Northumberland, who is lord of the manor, and Miss Railston. The chief crops are oats, wheat and potatoes. The soil is loamy and the subsoil clay. The population in 1871 was 161 ; the area is 1,079 acres.



1,575 acres.—Letters through Chat hill, which is the nearest money order office.

TUGAL, or TUGGALL is a township and hamlet 8 miles south-east from Belford and 1 1/4 east from Chat hill station. The land is the property of the Duke of Northumberland, who is lord of the manor, and others. The population in 1871 was 98; the acreage is 1,533. —Letters through Chat hill, which is the nearest money order office.

Beadnell.

Cuthbertson Mrs

Dunn Rev. John Chas. B.A. [incumbent]

Embleton Mrs

Hindmarsh Miss

Hodgson Miss

Taylor Mrs

COMMERCIAL.

Air Robert, carrier

Atkinson George, farmer

Brewis Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Brewis William, builder

Coldwell John, plasterer

Foster William, lodging house

Jobson Christopher, joiner & shopkeeper

Mailing William, farmer, Tuggal grange

Miller John, shoe maker

Miller Thomas, steward to Capt. Anthony Marshall, of Annstead

Southen Wm. schoolmastr. & parish clerk

Summers John, joiner

Whittle Elizabeth (Mrs.), Craster Arms

Wintropp Robert, farmer, Benthall

Swinhoe.

Cummins George, smith & postmaster

Fawcus John, farmer, South farm

Lumsden John, farmer, Broomfield

Marshall John, frmr. Swinhoe east farm

Millikin Wm. farmer, Swinhoe north side

Thompson John, gardener.

Tuggall.

Wood Major John Haydon, Tuggall hall

Turnbull George, Tuggall mill


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Location: Beadnell, Chathill NE67 5AT, UK

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