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Chatton, Northumberland: People and Places of 1879

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

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879



CHATTON is a township, village, and parish, 5 miles south-west from Belford station and 5 east from Wooler, in the Northern division of the county, east division of Glendale ward, Glendale union, Wooler county court district, Bamburgh rural deanery, Lindisfarne archdeaconry, and Durham diocese, situated on the river Till, in a pleasant valley. The church of the Holy Cross is a Gothic stone building; has a chancel, nave, aisles, belfry and 1 bell: the east window is of handsomely stained glass, in three compartments, representing our Saviour, St. Peter, and St. John; it was erected to the memory of Allan Wilkie, of Hetton, who died February 2nd, 1836, aged 77; there are also two side windows of stained glass—one in memory of Joseph Cook, A.M. 43 years vicar of this parish: one stained window in the north chancel erected by the parishioners to the memory of Algernon, late Duke of Northumberland, and two other stained windows erected by the parishioners to the memory of Matthew Burrell, 25 years vicar of the parish of Chatton. The register dates from the year 1713. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £543, in the gift of the Duke of Northumberland, and held by the Rev. Henry Edward Bell, B.A. of University College, Oxford. There is a Presbyterian chapel. There is a National school for boys and girls, and a Sunday school is held at the school-room. There are several limestone quarries in the neighbourhood. Fowberry Tower, the seat of George Culley, esq. J.P. is a handsome stone building standing in a park of 150 acres. The Duke of Northumberland is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clayey and sandy: the subsoil limestone and rock. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips; there is much pasture land. The area is 17,335 acres; rateable value, £16,492; the population in 1871, was 1,538. The parish includes Coldmartin, Fowberry, 1½ miles south-west, Halzelrigg 4 miles north, Hetton 4 miles north, Hetton House 4½ miles north, Horton 3 miles north-west, Lyham 2½ north-east, and Weetwood 3 miles west.—Letters through Belford. Chatton is the nearest money order and telegraph office.

LYHAM, or LYAM, is a small township 4 miles west from Belford, and 5 north-east from Wooler; it consists of a few farms only.

WEETWOOD, 2½ miles north-east from Wooler, is a township in the parish of Chatton. An annual fair is held at Weetwood Bank on Whit Tuesday, when there are very large shows of cattle, horses and sheep; servants are also hired at this fair. Weetwood Hall, pleasantly situated on the north bank of the river Till, is the seat of Captain William Henderson and the property of the Rev. L. S. Orde, who is lord of the manor.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—David Allen, postmaster. Letters are received through Belford at 9.45 a.m.; dispatched at 2.45 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Wooler

SCHOOLS:— National, John Emmerson, master; Mrs. Isabella Emmerson, sewing mistress

National, Hazelridge, Arthur Billiald, master; Mrs. Jane Muckle, sewing mistress

Chatton.

Bell Rev. Henry Edward, B.A. [vicar], Vicarage

Marshall John, Chatton park

Young Rev. David [Presbyterian]

COMMERCIAL.

Allen David, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants, & post office Anderson William & Son, farmers

Arthur Thomas, farmer

Beattie William, tax collector

Clark John, boot & shoe maker

Colville John & Sons, tailors & drapers

Davison George, shopkeeper

Dixon Edward, farmer, Sandyford

Douglas John, tailor

Dryden John, Percy Arms Emmerson Joseph, school master

Gibbison Thomas, shopkeeper

Glass Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Gutridge William, brick & tile manufr

Jobson Robert, gardener

Jobson Robert, nurseryman

Laidler Thomas, farmer, Heulaw

Maddison Robert, farmer

McFerlene William, nurseryman

Muckle John, tailor

Muckle Robert, mason

Patterson William, mason

Pyle George, blacksmith

Rutherford Thomas, butcher

Tindall Mary (Mrs.) & Sons, millers, Chatton mill

Tweedy George, joiner

Wilson John, joiner

Lyam.

Craig Ralph, farmer, North Lyam

Turnbull David, farmer, West Lyam

Waller John, farmer

Coldmartin.

Barber Anthony, farmer, Tower Martin

Dodds Margaret (Mrs.), farmer, West Coldmartin

Inness John, farmer, East Coldmartin

Fowberry.

Culley George, J.P. Fowberry tower

Henderson Wm. farmer, Fowberry Muins

Rea Jas. & Geo. farmers, Fowberry pk

Taylor Robt. & Jas. frmrs. Heathery Hall

Halzelrigg.

Howie Henry Browne, farmer

Robertson James, farmer

Sanderson Samuel, miller

Hetton.

Henry James & Brothers, farmers, Hetton Steads

Reaveley Geo. & Sons, frmrs. Coal Houses

Robinson James & Adam, farmers

Stewart Charles, farmer

Wright Robert, farmer

Hetton House.

English John, farmer

Horton.

Turnbull William, farmer

Weetwood.

Henderson Capt. Wm. Weetwood hall

Muirhead Rev. James Logan, Leaving cottage

Barber Anthony, farmer

Jeffrey Maria (Mrs.), farmer


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Location: Chatton, Alnwick NE66, UK

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