Enjoy a glimpse of history about West Rainton in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
WEST RAINTON is an ecclesiastical parish, com-prising the townships of COCKEN, MOORHOUSE, and WEST RAINTON, and a portion of EAST RAINTON, and was formed in 1838 from the parishes of Houghton-le-Spring and Pittington; it is in the Northern divi-sion of the county, north division of Easington ward, Houghton-le-Spring union, county court district of Durham, rural deanery of Easington, and Durham archdeaconry and diocese. West Rainton is a town-ship, having a station at Leamside on the North Eastern railway, 4 miles north-east from Durham, and 260 from London, situated on the road from Durham to Sunder-land. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a handsome edifice of stone, and was rebuilt in 1861, at a cost of £5,000; the style is a severe form of the Earliest Middle Pointed, and the design is characterized by exceeding loftiness; it consists of chancel, nave, aisles and western tower, which is surmounted by a spire rising to an altitude of 130 feet. The register dates from the year 1825. The living is a rectory, yearly value £480, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and held by the Rev. George Albert Ormsby, M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, chaplain to the Duke of Manchester. There is a National school for boys, girls and infants, supported by the Dean and Chapter of Durham and the Marquis of Londonderry; also a school at Leamside, supported by the Dean and Chapter of Durham and the Earl of Durham, and the several colliery owners in this township. There is a library, news, and reading room here. The Dean and Chapter of Durham are lords of the manor and chief landowners. The soil and subsoil are clayey. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. The area of the township is 1,788 acres; rateable value, £13,623; the population in 1861 was 1,447, and in 1871 was, township, 2,237; ecclesiastical parish, 3,209.
Parish Clerk, John Gibbony.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, & Sa-vings Bank.—Mrs. Mary Lee, receiver. Letters from Fence Houses arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 12.35 & 4.30 p.m
National School, James Turnbull, master; Catherine Chris-tie, mistress; Miss Jesse Thompson, infants’ mistress
School, Leamside, Miss Jesse Veal, mistress
Railway Station, Leamside, James Lowry, station master
Cocken is a township in the ecclesiastical parish of West Rainton, union of Chester-le-Street; it is situated about a mile west from the Leamside railway station on the North Eastern line, and 5 miles north-north-east from Durham, on the south bank of the river Wear. There is a coal mine in this township, worked by the Earl of Durham. Cocken Hall was formerly the resi-dence of a community of Teresian nuns; it is now unoccupied. Standish Carr-Standish, esq. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is clay and light loam, with a subsoil of clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. The area is 437 acres; rateable value £2,195; the population in 1871 was 104.—Letters from Fence Houses. The nearest money order office is at West Rainton.
Moorhouse is in the ecclesiastical parish of West Rainton, 1 mile south-west, on the high road from Dur-ham to Sunderland. The Dean and Chapter of Durham are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Marquis of Londonderry and E. F. Boyd, esq. The area is 272 acres; rateable value, £3,080; the population in 1871 was 72.
Middle Rainton is a village in the ecclesiastical parish of West Rainton, about half a mile north-west from West Rainton, on the high road from Durham to Sunderland.—Letters through Fence Houses. The nearest money order office is at West Rainton.
West Rainton.
Caswell Rev. E. G. B.A
Crows Robert, The Cottage
Jarrett John, Belmont hall
Laverick Robert, Croudace house
Ormsby Rev. Fredk. Alex. B.A. [curate]
Ormsby Rev. Geo. Albert M.A. [rector]
Stephenson Joseph, Belmont cottage
Sutherland John Russell, M.R.C.S
COMMERCIAL.
Adamson Jane (Miss), Bull & Dog
Bell Ralph, farmer, Stables farm
Brantingham Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Brook Ambrose, mason
Brown John, Highland Laddie
Burn William, farmer, Wheatley head
Colman Robert, grocer
Cumberland Edward, greengrocer
Dixon Ralph, Three Tuns inn, Rainton gate
Draper Richard, butcher
Gentiles John, grocer
Gowland Hen. Railway inn, Leamside
Hodgson John, grocer & draper
Hopper John, Robin Hood
Hunter George, farmer, Blue House farm
Hunter Jseph. Nag’s Head, Rainton gate
Hutchinson Edward, Oak Tree
Hutchinson John, farmer
Jameson James, farmer, Horner hill
Jefferson Joseph, farmer
Kidd Caliph, farmer
Lee Frances Anne (Miss), confectioner
Marshall Joseph, Greyhound
Mawston William, farmer, Prior’s close
Minns Elizabeth (Mrs.), Three Horse Shoes
Palmer John, grocer
Ray John, farmer, Rees Bank farm
Richardson Ralph, farmer, Field house
Scorer Henry Whitfield, farmer & assistant overseer, White house
Scorer Whitfield, farmer, Leamside farm
Shipley Ralph, grocer, Freehold
Smith John, grocer, Leamside
Stephenson Wm. beer retailer, Freehold
Story Ralph, farmer, Wilson’s row
Stubbs Christopher, beer retailer
Sutherland John Russell, surgeon
Thornton William, Lord Seaham
Tindal Michael, Leamside hotel
Toddner Ralph, Beehive
Walker Jas. Fenwick, farmer & butcher
Welsh Anthony, farmer
Welsh Edward, grocer, Rainton gate
Welsh Thomas, farmer
Young Ths. Mason’s Arms, Rainton gate
Cocken.
Grainger William, wheelwright
Lawson Bros. farmers
Lowrey Joseph, farmer
Pearson William, farm bailiff to Wm. Stobart, esq
Moorhouse.
Boyd Edward Fenwick, J.P
Topham Wm. farmer, Moorhouse farm
Middle Rainton.
Bell John, Rose & Crown
Brown Thomas, Fox & Hounds
Brown William, grocer
Connorey John, Hope & Anchor
Forster Jane (Mrs.), grocer & draper
Gardner Joseph, grocer & draper
Hunter John, ironmonger
Johnson George, farmer, Rainton grange
Stout Edward, Foresters’ Arms
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