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Usworth, Washington, Sunderland: People and Places in 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about High Coniscliffe and Low Coniscliffe in County Durham, England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879








USWORTH is a township in the parish of Washington, now formed into an ecclesiastical parish, which includes GREAT and LITTLE USWORTH, NORTH BIDDICK, though forming a joint township with Great and Little Usworth, remains for ecclesiastical purposes in the parish of Washington. Great Usworth is 2 miles north from Washington, 7 west from Sunderland, and 5 south from Gateshead, in the Northern divison of the county, east divison of Chester ward, Chester-le-Street union, county court district of Gateshead, rural deanery of Chester, Durham archdeaconry and diocese. The North Eastern railway has a station 2 miles from the village. The church of the Holy Trinity is a stone building, erected in 1832. The register dates from the year 1835. The living is a rectory, yearly value £180, in the gift of the rector of Washington, and held by the Rev. Thompson Thackery, M.A. of Queens' College, Cambridge. The church school at Great Usworth, built in 1814 by Mrs. Susan Peareth, was also endowed by her with £30 a year. There is a colliery school at Little Usworth. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels here. The charities amount to £3 3s. yearly. There are extensive collieries in the township. Viscount Boyne, the Earl of Ravensworth, and Sir Wilfrid Lawson, bart, M.P. are the principal landowners. The soil is heavy clay; subsoil, freestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area of the township, including North Biddick, is 2,548 acres; rateable value, £21,862; and the population in 1861 was 3,677, and in 1871 was 4,209. The area of the ecclesiastical parish is 2,023 acres; and the population in 1871 was 3,603.

POST OFFICE.—William Middleton, postmaster. Letters arrive from Washington station by foot post at 9.30 a.m.: box closes at 4 p.m. Washington is the nearest money order office

SCHOOLS:—

Church, John Wildbank, master

Usworth Colliery (for 120 boys & 160 girls); Robert Atkinson, master

Railway Station, John Holmes, station master

North Biddick is a detached portion of Usworth township, forming part of the parish of Washington; it is situated on the north bank of the river Wear, about 7 miles west from Sunderland, 4 north-east from Chester-le-Street, and near the Washington railway station. There are in this township an iron foundry, a spade and shovel manufactory, a brewery, and extensive coke ovens. Here is a chapel for Wesleyans. The acreage and population are included in Usworth.
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Location: Usworth, Washington NE37, UK

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