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Winston, County Durham: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Winston in County Durham, North East England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879




WINSTON is a parish, in the Southern division of the county, south-west division of Darlington ward, Teesdale union, Barnard Castle county court district, rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, including the villages of NEWSHAM and WINSTON. The village of Winston occupies the ridge of a hill overlooking the Tees, and has a station on the Darlington section of the North Eastern railway. The Tees is here crossed by a fine stone bridge of a single arch; it is the segment of a circle, measuring 112 feet span, 22 feet broad, and 20 feet between the parapet walls: it was erected in 1763-4, from the designs of Sir Thomas Robinson, bart. of Rokeby; and when most of the bridges in the north of England were washed away by the great flood in 1771, Winston bridge remained uninjured. The church of St. Andrew is situated on elevated ground to the east of the village and has chancel, nave and south aisle, an octagonal bell tower and spire, and south porch: the whole of the south aisle and a great part of the nave were rebuilt, and the tower added, in 1848. The register dates from the year 1572. The living is a rectory, yearly value £500, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and held by the Rev. Thomas Speck, B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. There is a parish school partly endowed and supported by voluntary subscription. The schoolhouse was erected by Lady Alford as a memorial to her husband, and is a substantial stone building. Westholme Hall, near the railway station, is an old residence of the Elizabethan period, in a good state of preservation, and is now in the occupation of Jeremiah Abbs, esq. The Earl Brownlow, who is lord of the manor, T. Hustler, John Stanton and Jeremiah Abbs, esqrs. are principal landowners. The soil is strong firm soil; subsoil, loose sandstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 2,961 acres; rateable value, £4,237 14s; the population in 1871 was 336.

NEWSHAM is a small village 1$\frac{1}{4}$ mile north-west from Winston, and anciently belonging to the Earls of Westmoreland.

POST OFFICE, George Pearson, postmaster.—Letters through Darlington arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 5.20 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Whorlton School, Miss Kate Ludgate, mistress Railway Station, George Kent, station master





Abbs Jeremiah,

Westholme hall

Brown John, mason

Nicholson John,

butcher

Hustler Wm. Thos. J.P.

Newsham park

Dawson Thomas,

farmer, Barford moor

Osmoncroft Coal

& Brick & Tile Co. Lim.

(Joseph Teasdale,

manager)

Speck Rev. Thomas, B.A.

[rector], Rectory

Deighton Thomas

Wylam,

farmer

Parkin Robert,

grocer


Hodgson Ralph,

farmer, Newsham

Parkin Thomas,

farmer

COMMERCIAL.

Lamb William,

farmer, Lower Barford

Parkin William,

mason

Awde Thomas,

smith &

agricultural implement maker

Lang George,

farmer, Highcliff

Pattison & Son,

grocers


Ludgate Henry,

The Board



Pearson George,

shoe maker

Robinson Joseph,

farmer, Newsham

Walker Joseph,

tailor

Pearson William,

farmer, Osmoncroft

Smith Joseph Consett,

farmer

Walker Thomas,

joiner

Robinson John,

farmer, Wether hill

Teasdale Joseph,

farmer, Walker hall





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