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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