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Bolam, Northumberland: People and Places of 1879

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

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879


BOLAM is a parish, consisting of eight townships:—viz. BELSAY, BOLAM, BOLAM VICARAGE, BRADFORD, SHORTFLATT, HARNHAM, GALLOWHILL and TREWICK. The township of Bolam is 290 miles north from London, 16 north from Newcastle, 9 west-by-south from Morpeth, and 1½ miles south-east from Angerton station, Northern division of the county, west division of Morpeth ward, Ponteland union, county court district of Morpeth, rural deanery of Morpeth, Lindisfarne archdeaconry and Durham diocese, situated near the Ponteland turnpike road. The church of St. Andrew is a very ancient Norman stone building, has a chancel, nave, north aisle, tower with 1 bell and porch. The register dates from the year 1662. The living is a vicarage, with residence and 139 acres of glebe, yearly value £260, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. Septimus Stanley Meggison, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. Here are quarries of freestone, a limekiln and a small colliery. Bolam House is the seat of Lord Decies; Shortflatt Tower the seat of Captain William Seton-Dent. Lord Decies is lord of the manor and the sole landowner. The soil is generally fertile; the subsoil is various. The chief crops are grass, oats, wheat and turnips. The area of the township is 1,119 acres; rateable value, £1,543; the population in 1871 was 79. The area of the entire parish is 7,502 acres; and the population in 1871 was 738.

Parish Clerk, Walter Dodds.

BOLAM VICARAGE is a township half-a-mile from Bolam. The Rev. S. S. Meggison is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 139 acres; rateable value, £201. The population in 1871 was 13.

BELSAY is a township and village, situated on the turnpike road from Newcastle to Jedburgh, 4 miles south from Angerton railway station, 13 miles north-by-west from Newcastle, and 10 west-by-south from Morpeth. The village consists of an arcade (a handsome row of stone buildings) with piazza in front; it has a school, with master's residence, where divine service is performed by the vicar of the parish on Sunday afternoon. Belsay Castle, the seat of Sir Arthur Edward Middleton, bart. M.P. is a handsome modern mansion, in the Grecian style; in the grounds are the remains of a very ancient castle. Sir A. E. Middleton, bart. is lord of the manor and owner. The soil is loamy, with limestone; subsoil, various. The chief crops are pasture, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 2,542 acres; rateable value, £3,499.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Thomas Dixon, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Newcastle at 9 a.m.; dispatched 25 min. past 7 p.m. School, John Fenwick, master

CARRIER TO NEWCASTLE.—Edward Scott (by waggonette), tuesday, thursday & saturday, at 7 morning

BRADFORD township is 2½ miles south-west from Bolam. Sir A. E. Middleton, bart. M.P. and Sir J. Swinburne, bart. are the owners and also lords of the manor. The area is 1,093 acres; rateable value, £1,116; the population in 1871 was 39.

HARNHAM township is 1½ miles south-west from Bolam. T. Leighton, esq. Lord Decies and Sir A. E. Middleton, bart. M.P. (who is also lord of the manor), are the proprietors. The area is 701 acres; rateable value, £765; the population in 1871 was 78.

SHORTFLATT township is 1¼ miles south from Bolam.



578 BOLAM. NORTHUMBERLAND. [POST OFFICE

Sir A. E. Middleton, bart. M.P. Capt. William Seton-Dent, J.P. | the manor. The area is 628 acres; rateable value, £900;

and J. B. Cookson, esq. are the landowners and lords | the population in 1871 was 41.

of the manor. The area is 518 acres; rateable value, | TREWICK is a township, 3 miles south-east from

£651; the population in 1871 was 47. | Bolam. Sir A. E. Middleton, bart. is the sole landowner

GALLOWHILL is a township, 1½ miles south-east from | and lord of the manor. The area is 762 acres; rate-

Bolam. Lord Decies is the sole landowner and lord of | able value, £807; the population in 1871 was 27.

Bolam.

Decies Lord, Bolam hall

Meggison Rev. Sept. Stanley, B.A. [vicar], Bolam vicarage

Pearson Joseph, smith, White House

Rutter Robert, blacksmith

Scougal Edward, farmer, Low House farm

Shotton John, mason

White Matthew, farmer, West House

Williams Robert, farmer, Glebe farm

Belsay.

Goddard Hy. Robertson, Wood House

Middleton Sir Arthur Edward, bart. M.P. J.P. Belsay castle; & Brooks’ club, London s.w

COMMERCIAL.

Appleby Edward, tile maker

Best John, shoemaker, Tollgate

Charlton Edward & John, farmers

Davison Henry, farmer, Red House

Dixon Thos. tailor & post office, Arcade

Dodds Walter, shoe maker

Goddard Henry Robertson, land agent, Wood house

Harrison Joseph, farmer, Dean house

Hood Alexander & Jhn. frmrs. Bank foot

Mews Edward, farmer, Hedchester Law

Miller William, farmer, West Belsay

Nixon Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Arcade

Robson Joseph, butcher, Arcade

Pattison William & Joshua, farmers, Belsay Barns

Snowball Cuthbert, saddler & hardwareman

Surtees Isaac, Temperance hotel, Arcade

Tait Henry, draper & grocer, Arcade

Wilkinson Stephen, shopkeeper, Arcade

Wintrop Robert, joiner

Young Thomas, blacksmith

Bradford.

Charlton Joseph, farmer, North farm

Robinson Joseph, farmer, South farm

Stobb Joseph, farmer, Crags farm

Harnham.

Leighton Thomas

Lumsden Thomas, farmer

Young Stephen, shoe maker

Shortflatt.

Seton-Dent Capt. William, J.P. Shortflatt tower

Gallowhill.

Revely William, Gallowhill hall

Hall Robert, farmer, Fordmant Law

Hall William, farmer, Low Gallowhill

Thompson Richard, tile maker

Trewick.

Bell Hemsley, farmer, East Trewick

Nevins Thomas & George, farmers, North Trewick


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Location: Bolam, Morpeth NE61 3UA, UK

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