Enjoy a glimpse of history about East Chevington and West Chevington in Northumberland, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
CHEVINGTON is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1863 from the parish of Warkworth, 5 miles south from Warkworth and 3½ south-east from Acklington station, in the east division of Morpeth ward, Morpeth union, Northern division of the county, Alnwick rural deanery, Lindisfarne archdeaconry and Durham diocese. The parish comprises the townships of EAST CHEVINGTON, WEST CHEVINGTON, HADSTON and BULLOCK'S HALL. The church of St. John, erected in 1858, is a stone structure in the Early English style, and consists of chancel and nave. The register dates from the year 1859. The living is a rectory, yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and held by the Rev. James John Dand, M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. The soil is heavy clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans and barley. The acreage is 5,485; the population in 1871 was 1,394.
East Chevington township is 5 miles south from Warkworth and 3½ south-east from Acklington station. There is a station at Broomhill on the Amble branch of the North Eastern railway. A school board was formed in the year 1873, consisting of 5 members, for
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the united district of East and West Chevington, Hadston and Bullock's Hall; there are two schools, both in the township of East Chevington. In the township is Broomhill colliery, producing considerable quantities of excellent coal, the transit of which is facilitated by a branch of the North Eastern railway running to the sea coast at Amble. Earl Grey is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is strong clay, and the produce is chiefly superior wheat. The acreage is 2,240; rateable value, £6,318; population in 1871 was 1,134.
SCHOOLS:— Board, North school (boys, girls & infants), James Alderson, master; Miss Elizabeth Pattison, mistress; Miss Helen Macalpine, infants' mistress
Board, South school (mixed)
West Chevington township is 7 miles south-west from Warkworth, and there is a station of the North Eastern railway. Here is a colliery. Earl Grey is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is clay. The chief crops are wheat and beans. The acreage is 1,859; rateable value, £4,016; the population in 1871 was 190.
Railway Station, John P. Hammond, station master
HADSTON is a township, 3½ miles south from Warkworth and 4 south-east from Acklington station. Captain Baker Cresswell is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The acreage is 1,359; rateable value, £2,200; the population in 1871 was 55.
Bullock's Hall township is 7 miles south-by-west from Warkworth and 1½ north-east from Chevington station: it is the property of George Tate, esq. Alnmouth, who is lord of the manor. The area is 206 acres; rateable value, £264; the population in 1871 was 15.
POST OFFICE, East Chevington.—Thomas Young, receiver. Letters through Acklington arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 3 p.m. Acklington is the nearest money order & telegraph office
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