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The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
STRANTON is a parish which originally comprised the township of its own name, together with Brearton and Seaton Carew; but in 1841 Seaton Carew was constituted a district chapelry, and in 1858 the district parish of West Hartlepool was formed from the township of Stranton. The village of Stranton is included in the district of the West Hartlepool Improvement Act, and lighted with gas; it is situated about 10 miles south-west from Stockton, half a mile from the West Hartlepool railway station, and 2 miles from the Hartlepool railway station; it is in the Southern division of the county, north-eastern division of Stockton ward, union and county court district of Hartlepool, rural deanery of Stockton, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The church of All Saints in an ancient structure, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and square tower containing 3 bells, and is supposed to occupy the site of that given by Robert de Brus to Guisborough Priory: the building appears to have been erected about the year 1350. The register dates from the year 1580. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of Sir Matthew White Ridley, bart. M.P. and held by the Rev. John Rudd, M.A. of Durham University. There are chapels for the Congregational and Methodist New Connexion. On the Belle Vue estate is a school-room now used as a chapel by the United Methodists: adjoining is a site set apart for a chapel. There is one Board school and a Free school in the ecclesiastical district of Stranton, at which about 500 children are educated. The Rev. Christopher Fulthorpe, by will, June 30th, 1707, devised to trustees all his property in Stranton, Modeston, Tunstall, Hart, Hartlepool, Throston, and elsewhere in the county of Durham, that they, after paying certain legacies and annuities out of his estate at Catcote, should with the residue erect a school-house, wherein were to be taught, gratis, fifteen poor children of the parishes of Stranton and Hart; the master, who was to be duly qualified, was to receive £20 yearly; a further sum of £8 yearly was to be expended in coats, shoes and hats, for four poor scholars, and £2 for Common Prayer-books and Bibles; but no school was for many years established, until, in 1841, the proprietor of Catcote erected a school house at the north end of the village, under the title of Fulthorpe’s school: the management is vested in five trustees, of whom the vicar of Stranton for the time being is the acting trustee. William Robson, esq. of Catcote, gives £30 annually, £20 of which is paid to the master, and the remaining £10 is expended in books and clothes. There are a brewery and a malting establishment here belonging to John William Cameron. Stranton was formerly part of the ancient Hartness, and the manor was held by the Lumleys under the Bruces and Cliffords. The present landowners are Frederick A. Milbank, esq. M.P. Robert and Anthony Robson, esqs. John Richardson, esq. the trustees of the late William Dixon, esq. J.P. Lord Egerton (of Tatton), O. Wooler, Thomas Hudson, and R. C. Walker, esqs. The soil is gravel; subsoil, clay. The principal crops are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and turnips. The township of Stranton (which includes West Hartlepool) extends over an area of 3,695 acres; rateable value, £111,657; the population in 1821 was 381; in 1851, 4,008; in 1861, 13,601; and in 1871, 22,250. This great increase may be ascribed to the augmentation of the coal trade, and the development of the iron trade and iron ship building in the district.
Brearton township is 3 miles west. The manor was anciently held by the Greystocks, and was transferred by marriage to the Dacres of Gilsland in the reign of Henry VII.; it subsequently came into the possession of the Howards, and in the reign of Charles II. was held by Sir William Blackett, bart.; it afterwards passed to the Turner family, and is now the property of Kirkleatham Free school and the trustees of the late Mrs. Lamb. Tunstall estate, to the west of Stranton, was anciently held by the Fulthorpe family; it subsequently passed to the Radclyffes, Booths and Strangeways, but was again acquired by marriage and purchase by the elder branch of the Fulthorpes. The principal proprietors at the present time are the trustees of the late Mrs. Lamb and the trustees of Kirkleatham Hospital. Area, 748 acres; rateable value, £800; the population in 1871 was 31.
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Thomas Sutherst, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from West Hartlepool at 8.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; dispatched at 6 p.m.; & on sundays at 4 p.m
SCHOOLS:—
All Saints’ Board, Thomas Walter Tomlinson, master
Fulthorpe’s Free, William Garbutt, master
Stranton.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Alderson George, 1 Elwick road
Alderson Rev. William [Methodist], Belle vue
Allison Jacob, Foggy furze
Armstrong John, Foggy furze
Banks Henry, Stranton terrace
Beach John, Foggy furze
Bird Thomas, Foggy furze
Blenkinsop Thomas, Belle vue
Burdon John Vincent, Stranton terrace
Cameron John William, Foggy furze
Campbell Rev. Thomas [Presbyterian], South Burn terrace
Cherrett Wm. Bright, Bathgate terrace
Clarke William, Sunnyside house
Cory Ebenezer, Clermont
Davison James
Davison John, Stockton road
Denyer Edmund, Foggy furze
Dunlop Matthew
Ebdy Edmund, Stranton terrace
English Francis, Foggy furze
Forbes Thomas, 2 Elwick road
Furness Christopher, Brantford house
Furness Thomas, Foggy furze
Garry James, Stockton road
Guthe Julius Ernst, Stranton terrace
Hawxwell Mrs. Stockton road
Hogego John
Howard George, Belle vue
Jackson David, Bathgate terrace
Lauder Robert, Broom hill
Lotinga Abraham, Stranton place
Muller Chas. Irvine Lewe, Bathgate ter
Pearson Geo. Thompson, Foggy furze
Pyman George, Rose bank
Richardson John, Struthmore house
Richardson Thomas, Stranton terrace
Robinson Isaac, Belle vue
Robinson Isaac James, Belle vue
Robson Anthony, 3 Elwick road
Robson William, Stranton terrace
Rudd Rev. John, M.A. [vicar], Vicarage
Saunders Robert, 4 Elwick road
Scaife William Henry, Hartdale
Scorer Robert Henry, South Burn ter
Smith Mrs. Belle vue
Smurthwaite Henry, Stockton road
Thompson Mrs
Trewick Thomas, Foggy furze
Verrall Joseph, Belle vue
Waldron Mrs
Walker Robert, 6 Elwick road
Warwick Joseph, Belle vue
Wood John, Bathgate terrace
COMMERCIAL.
Allen John, brewer’s agent
Armstrong William, shopkeeper, Sunderland street
Baker Thomas, Stranton
Banks Jas. master mariner, Belle vue
Birks Henry, shopkeeper, Belle vue
Blackburn Alfd. pork butcher, Belle vue
Booth John, provision dealer, King st
Brock Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Southburn terrace
Cameron John William, brewer
Commons Thos. shopkeeper, 1 Dunlop st
Cousins Thomas Richard, master mariner, Belle vue
Coverdale George, master mariner, Belle vue
Davis William, shopkeeper, Belle vue
Danby John, master mariner, Belle vue
Doyle John, grocer, 2 Charlotte street
Dumble Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 11 Charlotte street
Dyer Charles, grocer, post & money order office & savings bank, Belle vue
Fairey William, butcher, Belle vue
Fiddler Thos. shopkpr. 13 Sunderland st
Fletcher Marshall, shopkpr. Belle vue
Forbes Thos. commcl. travllr. 2 Elwick rd
Forster Geo. Smith, farmer, Foggy furze
Fraser Wm. shopkpr. 45 Sunderland st
Frazer Jas. shopkeeper, 1 Church row
Furness John, farmer, Rift house
Hardy John Robinson, market gardener, Foggy furze
Henderson Archibald Beattie, shopkeeper, Belle vue
Harrison James, shopkeeper
Hodgson Thomas, marine surveyor, 5 Elwick road
Hopkins Thomas, shopkeepr. Belle vue
Hopper Michael, joiner
Howcroft Holland, cartwright
Humphrey Wm. watch maker, Belle vue
Jackson James, butcher, Belle vue
Johnson Mary (Mrs.), frmr. Tunstall frm
Johnson Robert, farmer, Westhall
Kelly James, boot & shoe ma. Belle vue
Kirby Thomas, butcher, Belle vue
Lamb Charles, farmer, Stranton grange
Lee Stephenson, miller, Stranton mill
Leybourne Thos. provsn. dlr. Belle vue
Lund William, beer retailer
Luty James, master mariner, Belle vue
Manners George, house agent
McArthur Donald, farmer, Foggy furze
Murphy Martha Ann (Mrs.), draper, Belle vue
Mustard James, builder, Caroline st
Norton Jas. master mariner, Belle vue
Oddy William, builder, Foggy furze
Owen John, farmer, Rift house
Pallin Jane (Mrs.), shopkpr. Belle vue
Proud Abram, boot & shoe ma. Belle vue
Pybus Thomas, stone mason
Reah Thos. Edwd. Blacksmiths' Arms
Robinson Thomas, builder, Caroline st
Robson Robert Henry & Anthony, farmers, Catcote farm
Rymer John, boot & shoe maker
Salton Fletcher, shipwright, Belle vue
Scotson John, builder, Southburn ter
Snowdon Dorothy (Mrs.), farmer, Tunstall hall
Snowdon James John, master mariner, Belle vue
Spence Fredk. boot & shoe ma. Belle vue
Spensley William, venetian blind maker, Belle vue
Stimson John, grocer, 1 Caroline st
Stonehouse James, grocer
Storm John, master mariner, Belle vue
Sutherst Thomas, grocer
Temperley Robert, tailor, Green street
Tose Thomas Clerk, master mariner, Belle vue
Umpleby Frank, tailor, Belle vue
Unthank Stephen, Seven Stars
Wainwright John, Burn
Walburn James, shopkeeper, Belle vue
Ward Moss, joiner
Warnaby Edward, provision dealer, Southburn terrace
Watt Jsph. genl. dealer, Southburn ter
Wilkes Robert, mineral water manuftr
Wilson Rt. markt. gardener, Foggy furze
Witten Wm. master mariner, Belle vue
Young James, blacksmith
Young Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Brearton.
Hird Robert, farmer
Stephenson Robert, farmer
Suggitt Henry, farmer
[For remainder of Names see WEST HARTLEPOOL.]
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