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The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
580 { BYWELL ST. ANDREW. } NORTHUMBERLAND. [POST OFFICE
nave, aisles, porch, transepts, and tower containing 2 bells, and there is an organ. The register dates from the year 1668. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £150, with residence, in the gift of Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, esq. M.P. and held by Rev. Henry Slater, M.A. of St. Catharine College, Cambridge, J.P. Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, esq. M.P. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is loam; subsoil loam and sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley, and oats. The area of the township is 402 acres; rateable value £433; the population in 1871 was 30. The area of the entire parish is 4,056 acres; the population in 1871 was 577.
BYWELL is a village in the townships of Bywell St. Andrew and Bywell St. Peter; it is situated on the banks of the river Tyne, over which is a handsome stone bridge of seven arches, erected in 1839, at the cost of the late Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, esq. who expended on it nearly £16,000, and opened it free to the public. Here are the remains of Bywell Castle, once a fortress of great strength; a fine view is obtained from the summit of the large square tower, which yet remains entire. Bywell Hall, an elegant mansion, built of stone, the property of Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, esq. M.P. is now the residence of George Fenwick, esq.; it is close to the village, and stands in a fine lawn, surrounded by trees, on the north side of the river Tyne. Bywell Castle is the residence of John Hall, esq.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Sisterson.
Letters through Stocksfield, which is the nearest money order office
BEARL is a township 2 miles north from Stocksfield station, and 8 east from Hexham, near the road from Heddon-on-the-Wall to Corbridge. Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, esq. M.P. is the sole landowner. The population in 1871 was 50; and the acreage is 419; rateable value £423.—Letters through Stocksfield, which is the nearest money order office.
BROOMHAUGH is a township a quarter of a mile south from Riding Mill station, 6 south-east from Hexham, and 3 south-east from Corbridge; it is situated on the southern shore of the river Tyne, and on the road from Hexham to Newcastle-on-Tyne. The church of St. James, a modern stone building, is a beautiful structure, consisting of nave, transepts, and apse, having a spire 60 feet high, and is capable of seating 200 people, besides school children; it is a chapel of ease to Bywell St. Andrew. There is also a Baptist chapel, erected in 1842. Broomhaugh was a Roman settlement. Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, esq. M.P. is lord of the manor; Henry Bacon Grey is chief landowner. The population in 1871 was 153, and the acreage is 830; rateable value £775.—Letters through Riding Mill, which is the nearest money order office.
Riding Mill National School, situated in the township of Broomhaugh, is supported by voluntary contributions. There is a library attached; Thomas Greener, master
RIDING is a township having a station called Riding Mill on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 6 miles south-east from Hexham; it is situated on the south side of the river Tyne, and on the high road from Hexham to Newcastle. The Riding is the residence of Miss Caroline Loraine. W. B. Beaumont, esq. M.P. is lord of the manor; Henry Bacon Grey, John Blackburn, Jacob Wilson, Henry Straker, and D. O. Drewett, esqrs. are the chief landowners. The population in 1871 was 206; the area is 1,036 acres; rateable value £957.
POST, MONEY ORDER, & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, & Savings Bank, Riding Mill (Railway Sub-office).—Edward Armstrong, sub-postmaster. Letters through Newcastle; arrive from London & the south at 7.8 a.m.; Sunday 8.1 a.m.; dispatch 11.44 a.m. 4.14 p.m. 7.59 p.m.; Sundays 8.5 p.m.
INSURANCE AGENT.—Royal, G. Richardson
Riding Mill Railway station, Edwd. Armstrong, statn. mastr
STOCKSFIELD HALL is a township a quarter of a mile north from Stocksfield station, on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 5½ miles south-east from Corbridge, and 8½ east from Hexham; it is situated on the south bank of the river Tyne, over which is a handsome stone bridge of five arches, erected in 1839. Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, esq. M.P. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The population in 1871 was 39; the area is 330 acres; rateable value, £259.—Letters through Stocksfield, which is the nearest money order office.
Railway Station, Stocksfield, John Robson, station master
STYFORD is a township 2 miles north from Riding Mill station, 6 east from Hexham, and 2¾ south-east from Corbridge, situated on the northern bank of the river Tyne. Styford Hall, the seat of Henry Bacon Grey, esq. is a handsome mansion, having three fronts, and standing in extensive grounds and plantations; the plain before the south front of the house stretches a mile in length. Henry Bacon Grey, esq. is the lord of the manor and sole landowner. The population in 1871 was 99; the area is 1,039 acres; rateable value £994.—Letters through Riding Mill, which is the nearest money order office.
Bywell.
Barnett Mrs. Bywell house
Dwarris Rev. Brereton Edwd. M.A. [vicar of St. Peter's], Vicarage
Fenwick George, Bywell hall
Hall John, Bywell castle
Angus Jonathan, farmer
Avery William, stonemason
Lysle John Knox, farmer, Peepy
Trotter John T. Bywell inn, & farmer
Wilson Thomas, J.P. Oatlands
Bearl.
Angus John, farmer
Broomhaugh.
Deane Rev. John J. [Baptist]
Deuchar Robert, Broomhaugh house
Johnson Misses
Lowrey Edward
Marshall Mrs
Slater Rev. Henry M.A., J.P. [vicar], Vicarage
Strachan John
Watson Samuel O
Burdoss John, farmer
Cook Martin, beer retailer & shoe makr
Greener Thomas, schoolmaster
Newbeggin John, grocer & butcher
Parker Lewis F. farmer
Richardson Sarah (Mrs.) & Son, grocers
Twaddell William, tailor & draper
Riding.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Crosthwait Daniel
Drewett Drewett O. Willow wood
Fuller Rose, Manor house, Riding mill
Harris Rev. Wm. Holland Hill terrace
Hassell Clement, Holland Hill terrace
Hodgson James
Loraine Miss Caroline, the Riding
Loraine Edward, the Riding
Lowrey Richard, Lee villa
Maclaghan James McGrigor, M.D
McAllum Mrs. Holland Hill terrace
Pearson Mrs. Holland Hill terrace
Pollard Joseph, Holland Hill terrace
Pybus Robert, Holland Hill terrace
Stanton Cornelius H. Willow wood
Straker Henry, Dipton House
COMMERCIAL.
Armstrong Edward, station master & sub-postmaster, Riding Mill station
Blackburn John, farmer
Dixon Cuthbert & George, joiners & builders
Havelock Margt. (Mrs.), Wellington
Havelock Thomas Charlton, farmer
Lee George Brown, blacksmith
Maclaghan Jas. McGrigor, M.D. surgeon
Little Archibald, Red humbles
Richardson Geo. corn miller & farmer
Stocksfield Hall.
Lee John Bunting, farmer, Hall
Styford.
Grey Henry Bacon, Styford hall
Dobson John, gardener to H.B. Grey, esq
Pace Thos. shopkeeper, Styford gate
Shanks John, farmer
Wood Andrew, farmer, Brocks bushes
BYWELL ST. PETER is a parish and township half a mile north-west from Stocksfield station on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 14 west from Newcastle-on-Tyne, 8 east from Hexham, and 4 south-east from Corbridge: it is in the southern division of the county, east division of Tindale ward, union and county court district of Hexham, rural deanery of Corbridge, archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham. The parish is situated on either side of the river Tyne, and comprises the townships of EAST ACOMB, APPERLEY, BROOMLEY and BYWELL ST. PETER. The church of St. Peter is an ancient stone building having chancel, nave, aisles, porch, chantry, tower, 2 bells, organ, and fourteen windows which are beautifully stained. The register dates from the year 1670. The living is a vicarage, value £300 yearly, with residence,
DIRECTORY.] NORTHUMBERLAND. CAMBO. 581
in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and held by the Rev. Brereton Edward Dwarris, M.A. of University College, Durham. Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, esq. M.P. is lord of the manor and sole landowner of the township. The soil of the parish, loam; subsoil, loam and sand. The chief crops are barley, oats and turnips. The area of the township is 1,099 acres; rateable value, £2,676; the population in 1871 was 132. The area of the entire parish is 18,699 acres; the population in 1871 was 1,598.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Sisterson.
EAST ACOMB is a township 2 miles north from Stocksfield station, 7 east from Hexham, situated 1 mile north from the river Tyne. Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, esq. M.P. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The acreage is 435; rateable value, £263; the population in 1871 was 68.—Letters received through Stocksfield (Railway Sub-Office), which is the nearest money order office.
APPERLEY, a small township 2 miles south-by-east from the Stocksfield station of the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, and 7 south-east from Corbridge, is the property of R. E. Surtees, esq. who is lord of the manor. The area is 429 acres; rateable value, £253; the population in 1871 was 6.—Letters from Stocksfield, which is the nearest money order office.
BROOMLEY is a township in the parish of Bywell St. Peter, having a station on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 4 miles south-east from Corbridge. In this township a school house with dwelling for the master was erected by W. B. Beaumont, esq. M.P. in 1851, at an expense of upwards of £1,000, and is supported by subscriptions and voluntary rates; attached to it is a reading-room, and a library of upwards of 1,000 volumes. W. B. Beaumont, esq. M.P. who is lord of the manor, Robert Wallis, esq. J.P. and James Foster, esq. are the principal landowners. The acreage is 3,594; rateable value, £2,796; and the population in 1871 was 473.
HORSE CLOSE and RIDLEY (OLD and NEW) are hamlets in this township.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Joseph Murton, sub-postmaster. Letters from Newcastle at 7.10 a.m.; dispatch, 11.30 a.m. 4 p.m. 7.45 p.m.; sunday, dispatched at 8 p.m.; delivery on sunday, 7.35 a.m
Free School, John Dawson, master; Mrs. Dawson, mistress
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