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Witton-le-Wear, County Durham

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Witton-le-Wear in County Durham, North East England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879


WITTON-LE-WEAR is a parish and village occupying a very pleasant position on the river Wear, and railway station on the North Eastern railway, 4 miles west-north-west from Bishop Auckland, and 12 from Durham, a polling place for the Southern division of the county, in the north-west division of Darlington ward, Auckland union and county court district, rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The church of SS. Phillip and James is a very ancient building, consisting of chancel, nave and north aisle, and was re-roofed and repaired in 1830. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £400, in the alternate patronage of Henry Chaytor, esq. and the Bishop of Durham, and held by the Rev. James Francis Hodgson. A cemetery of $1\frac{1}{2}$ acres for this parish and the adjoining township of North Bedburn is situated close to the village. There is a Boys' school, endowed with the interest of £200, and a school house and about 3 acres of land, left by John Cuthbert, esq. The Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans have each a chapel here, and the latter have also a chapel at North Bitchburn in this parish. Witton Castle, the seat of Henry Chaytor, esq. J.P. is a fine stone mansion, surrounded by castellated walls, and commands a most extensive and beautiful view of the country. Henry Chaytor, esq. who is lord of the manor, and R. D. Shafto, esq. are the principal landowners. The soil is various good loam or clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is 2,955 acres; rateable value, £17,756, and the population in 1871 was 2,329.

Parish Clerk, William James Buston.

POST OFFICE.—William James Buston, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Darlington at 8 a.m. & are dispatched at 5.30 p.m. Witton Park is the nearest money order office

Clerk to the Burial Board, George Ramshaw

Clerk to the School Board, Richard Pattison

Endowed School, William Buston, master

Board School, William Tinkler Wanless, master

Railway Station, George Oddy, station master; Witton Junction, Robert Bainbridge


PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Watson William

Lishman William, mining engineer, Holly house

Anderson James

Wetherall Mrs.

Mawson George & Co. iron founders, Wear Valley works

Burn William

Widdas James

North Bitchburn Coal Co. colliery owners, manufacturers of fire bricks, sanitary pipes, terra cotta & chimney tops (H.S. Stobart, managing partner; James Widdas, cashier)

Chaytor Henry, J.P. Witton castle

Widdas James, jun

Oddy William & James, butchers

Dowell George, Marshall green

COMMERCIAL.

Pallister John, auctioneer & farmer

Dowell William, South view

Allanson Isaac, farmer, Lowbitch burn

Proud Joseph, builder

Garthwaite John

Armstrong John, beer retailer

Proud Ralph, grocer & draper

Gill Miss

Atkinson George, farmer, Blakley hall

Ramshaw Geo. builder & assis. overseer

Hall Joseph, West house

Bradley Nathan, colliery agent

Robson George, tailor

Hedley Mrs.

Brownbridge William, Masons' Arms, & mason

Robson Robert, farmer, Fitches

Henderson Miss

Bulman William, farmer

Sedgwick Thos. farmer, Marshall green

Hodgson Rev. James Francis [vicar]

Buston Thomas, grocer & shoe maker

Walton & Co. colliery owners & fire brick makers, Marshall Green Colliery

Hogg John

Collingwood Watson, farmer, Field ho

Watson John, farmer, Chapman hill

Jackson Mrs. Henry

Dixon Luke, Red Lion, Nth. Bitchburn

Wilkinson George, blacksmith

Jackson Mrs. Robert

Dodds John, blacksmith

Wiley William, Victoria inn

Joplin Thomas

Harker William, farmer

Witton Fire Brick Company (James Widdas, jun. manager)

Lishman William, Holly house

Holmes John, farmer, Low Barnes

Wynn George, farmer, Gibbet hills

Pears George

Hopper Michael, joiner & cartwright


Pigg John, Witton ball

Howe Henry, farmer, Witton Holmes


Redman John

Kell Joseph, farmer, Garth farm


Stobart Hy. Smith, J.P. Witton tower

Langstaff George, timber merchant


Taylor Mrs.

Laverick George, butcher


Temple William Waldy

Littlefair Joseph, Grey Mare


Walton Jacob Vickers



Watson Ralph









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Location: Witton-le-Wear, Bishop Auckland DL14, UK

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