Enjoy a glimpse of history about Westgate in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
WESTGATE is a village and ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1867 from Stanhope parish, mainly in the Park quarter, but partly in the Forest quarter, on the river Wear, 2 miles east from St. John’s, Weardale, and 6 west from Stanhope station, in the Southern division of the county, Weardale union, Wolsingham county court district, northern division of Darlington rural deanery, and Durham archdeaconry and diocese. The church of St. Andrew is of stone, in the Early English style, and was built in 1869 from the designs of J. Withers, esq. of London: it consists of chancel, nave and porch, with tower, spire and 1 bell. The register dates from the year 1869. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and held by the Rev. James Scholefield. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor and principal landowners: Messrs. John Bell, George Emerson and William Muschamp, whose family have been settled in Durham from the time of William the Conqueror, are also considerable landowners. The soil is sand and loam; subsoil, limestone. The land is mostly pasture and meadow land. The area is 5,980 acres, and the population in 1871 was 1,265.
Parish Clerk, Joseph Parker.
POST OFFICE.—Mrs. Hannah Vickers, receiver. Letters from Darlington arrive at 9.50 a.m.; dispatched at 3.40 p.m. St. John’s Chapel is the nearest money order office
SCHOOLS:—
Barrington, John Grey, master
National, vacant, mistress
Board, John Slater Freeman, master
Muschamp John, Brotherlee
Scholefield Rev. James [vicar]
Young Rev. Jas. [Primitive Methodist]
COMMERCIAL.
Atkinson John, tailor
Bainbridge Cuthbert, farmer
Brown Adam, butcher
Coulthard George, farmer, New close
Coulthard Ralph, farmer, Brecon hill
Coulthard Robert, farmer, Field style
Dalkin John, farmer
Dalkin Joseph, blacksmith
Dalkin Ralph, farmer, Waads
Dalkin Ralph, miller
Emmerson Hannah (Mrs.), grocer
Fairless Edward, grocer & draper
Hardman Thomas, farmer
Hewitson Thomas, farmer, Old park
Hodgson Joseph, farmer, Waads
Hodgson Thos. contractor, Westgate ho
Kidd John, grocer & butcher
Middleton Geo. farmer, SwinHope head
Moffatt George, joiner, Hare & Hounds
Muschamp John, farmer & landowner, Brotherlee
Myers Joshua, grocer & draper
Porter William, builder, Windy side
Proud George, tailor
Race George, grocer & draper
Race George, joiner
Raine John, farmer, Crook’s alter
Rowe John, earthenware dealer
Stephenson George, farmer, Glenwelt
Teasdale Timothy, miller, High mill
Vickers George, grocer
Vickers Hannah (Mrs.), grocer
Walton Anthony, grocer & draper
Walton Frank, farmer, Stone care
Walton John, farmer, Western Hope burn
Walton Joseph, grocer & draper
Walton Mary (Mrs.), Miners’ Arms, & butcher
Walton Thomas, farmer, Crook’s wheal
Westgarth Joseph, Half Moon, & blacksmith
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