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Whitworth, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Whitworth in County Durham, England, UK.

Whitworth Church and Whitworth Hall on the Whitworth Estate & Deer Park are all that remain of this historic settlement.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879



WHITWORTH is a village and parish, situated near the river Wear, $4\frac{1}{2}$ miles from Bishop Auckland, 6 south-west from Durham and 256 from London, in the Southern division of the county, south-east division of Darlington ward, Auckland union and county court district, rural deanery of Northern division of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The church (name unknown) is a Gothic stone structure, consisting of chancel and nave, with 1 bell; it underwent thorough repair in 1850, at a cost of £500, defrayed by public subscriptions; there are sittings for 200 persons; in the churchyard are two ancient monuments, one representing a knight in full armour and the other a female, supposed to be some of the Nevill family. The register dates from the year 1569. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £355, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Durham and held by the Rev. Charles Carr, B.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. The vicarage house is about a quarter of a mile from the church, in a very pleasant situation. A School Board was formed in 1876 for the united district of Ferry Hill, Merrington, Spennymoor, Tudhoe and Whitworth. Whitworth Park, the property of R. Duncombe Shafto, esq. D.L. extends over 300 acres; the mansion, which was a magnificent building in the modern style, was destroyed by fire in 1876 and is about to be re-built. The Whitworth Park Grand Stand Co. Limited, have a race course (opened in July, 1877) in this parish, situated on the high road to Spennymoor, which covers an area of 98 acres and is $1\frac{1}{2}$ miles in circumference, there is a straight run of $\frac{1}{2}$ mile; meetings are held second Wednesday in every month, also on Whit Monday and Whit Tuesday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. R. D. Shafto, esq. is the principal landowner. The soil is clayey; subsoil, rock. The chief crops are wheat and oats. The area is 1,465 acres; rateable value, £21,253; gross estimated rental, £26,832; and the population in 1871 was 5,028.

Letters through Willington arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 4 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Byers green

OLD PARK is a township, 3 miles south and $3\frac{1}{2}$ miles north-east from Bishop Auckland. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor, and Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Limited are the principal landowners. The area is 401 acres; gross estimated rental £4,432; rateable value, £3,445; population in 1871, 18.—Letters through Bishop Auckland

Schools (Binchester), William Harper Underwood, master; Miss Jane Ann Wilkinson, mistress; Miss Ann Dent, infants' mistress


Whitworth.

Carr Rev. Charles, B.A. [vicar], Vicarage

Reay Thos. Mitchelson, Whitworth ho

Adamson John, cowkeeper

Reed Thomas, farmer

Rutter George, farmer, Stanners farm

Walker John, farmer, Bishop's close

Whitworth Park Grand Stand Co. Limited (George Stratton, esq. chairman; Messrs. T. S. Dawson (of Malton) & E. W. Johnson (of York), clerks of the course); offices, Spennymoor house

Wilkinson William, farmer

Old Park.

Best Frances (Mrs.), frmr. Old Park frm

Gould Thomas Walton, farmer

Sanderson James, farmer & relieving officer, Old Park hall





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Location: Whitworth, Spennymoor DL16 7QS, UK

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