Enjoy a glimpse of history about St John's Chapel in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
ST. JOHN’S CHAPEL, or WEARDALE ST. JOHN, is a small market town and ecclesiastical parish formed in 1866 from the Forest quarter of Stanhope parish, situated on the south bank of the Wear, 7 miles west from Stanhope station, 12 west-north-west from Wolsingham and 27 west from Durham; it is a polling place for the Southern division of the county, in Weardale union, Wolsingham county court district, northern division of Darlington rural deanery and Durham archdeaconry and diocese. The town is now being supplied with pure water from the hills, through the liberality of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and W. B. Beaumont, esq. M.P. The church of St. John the Baptist, from which the town derives its name, was rebuilt by Sir Walter Blackett, bart. aided by a legacy of £50 bequeathed by Dr. Hartwell; it is a plain edifice and has chancel, nave, aisles, western tower and organ; it is fitted up with oaken pews, which will seat 400 persons. The register dates from the year 1788. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and held by the Rev. James Green. Here is a National school for boys and girls and an excellent British school, erected at the cost of W. B. Beaumont, esq. M.P. aided by a subscription among the agents and miners. Here are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. A market is held every Saturday and fairs on the third Wednesday in April and the second Wednesday in September. The Town Hall is a commodious building, situated in the Market place, and used for public meetings and concerts. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are the lords of the manor and principal landowners. The area is 10,920 acres; the population in 1871 was 2,173.
Parish Clerk, Featherstone Jackson
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings Bank & Annuity & Insurance Office.—Joshua Dawson, receiver. Letters arrive from Darlington at 10.5 a.m.; dispatched at 3.25 p.m
INSURANCE AGENTS:—
Manchester Fire, J. Dawson
Royal, Nathan Egglestone
SCHOOLS:—
National (mixed), John Fleming, master
Board, Newhouse, John Barton, master; Miss Annie Oliver, mistress
Board, St. John’s Chapel, Robert Slack, master
COACH TO STANHOPE at 6 morning & 3.25 afternoon
DADDRY SHIELDS is a village 1 mile east.
WEST BLACK DEAN is a hamlet, 1½ miles west-north-west, on the north bank of the river Wear.
NEWHOUSE is a hamlet 1 mile north-west. Here is the office of the W. B. lead mines, belonging to W. B. Beaumont, esq. M.P.
POST OFFICE.—Mrs. Hannah Nattrass, receiver. Letters arrive from Darlington at 10.10 a.m.; dispatched at 3.30 p.m. St. John’s Chapel is the nearest money order office
IRESHOPE BURN is a village, 1½ miles west, on the road from Weardale to Alston, in Cumberland.
POST OFFICE.—Joseph Harrison, receiver. Letters arrive from Darlington at 10 a.m.; dispatched at 3.20. St. John’s Chapel is the nearest money order office. Letter Box cleared at 3.15 p.m. sundays excepted.
180 ST. JOHN’S CHAPEL. DURHAM. [POST OFFICE
St. John’s Chapel.
Bourne John
Cain Joseph Cowper, Weardale house
Green Rev. James [vicar]
Hewitson Charles Christopher, M.R.C.S
McGowan Rev. Alexander John, M.A
Youle Rev. Henry [Primitive Methodist], West Black Dean
COMMERCIAL.
Bee Joseph, watch & clock maker
Bourne John, surgeon
Brown John, boot & shoe maker
Brown Thomas, shopkeeper
Cain Joseph Cowper, manager to W. B. lead mines
Currey Elizabeth (Mrs.), Golden Lion
Dawson Isaac, farmer
Dawson Joshua, draper, grocer, & post office
Egglestone Nathan, printer & publisher
Emerson John, King’s Head
Featherstone Jno. farmer, Middle Rigg
Gibson John, saddler
Gibson Thomas, auctioneer
Gowland Joseph, Blue Bell
Harrison Joseph, clerk to W. B. lead mines
Henderson Thomas, tailor
Hewitson Charles Christopher, surgeon
Hodgson Joseph, grocer & draper, West Black Dean
Jackson Joseph, King’s Arms
Madgen Robert, Miners’ Arms
Martin William, farmer, Brotherlee
Peart John, farmer, Cornfield house
Phillipson Thomas, shopkeeper
Proudfoot Mark, blacksmith
Richardson Osmond, Black Bull
Rumney Thomas, inspector of the W. B. lead mines
Thompson John, inspector of W. B. lead mines
Vickers Thomas, linen draper
Walton Harrison, auctioneer & farmer
Walton Henry, grocer
Watson Joseph, clogger
Watson Joseph, draper, grocer, chemist & druggist
Watson William, farmer, High Lane Riggs
W. B. Lead Mines (Joseph Cowper Cain, manager; Thomas Rumney & John Thompson, inspectors of mines; Joseph Harrison, clerk)
Daddry Shields.
Armstrong Thomas, shopkeeper
Ash George, shopkeeper
Bird Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Byers William, shopkeeper
Harrison George, blacksmith
Hornsby Thomas, shopkeeper
Hutchison George, boot & shoe maker
Martindale Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Richardson Jno. Potter, surveyor & farmr
Wilkinson Thomas, shopkeeper
Ireshope Burn.
Davison Emmerson, boot & shoe maker
Harrison Joseph, grocer & draper, & post office
Hodgson Thomas, grocer & draper
Watson Thomas, blacksmith
Wilson George, grocer & draper
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