Johnson James, Market pl Middleton Richard, Lynn st Coal Fitters. Armstrong R. & Co. Brown & Newbiggin Buddicorn Robert P. Lockwood George, jun. Pease M. & Co. Strakers & Love Wishart J. C. Drapers. Gray Wm. & Co. Church st Ende James, Dock st And Dealers in Sundries. Balmer William, Mill st Walker, Middleton Crown, Jas. Hedley, Anson st Durham, William Campton, Lynn st Middleton Thomas, Reed st Barker Sarab, Stranton lane Hope, Thomas Stainsby (& Nutman John, Albert ter Proud Melvill, Hart Green Steel Archibald S. South st Bell John, jun. Victoria ter Birch James, Stranton lane Booth Lancelot, John st Carr John, Middleton Chambers Wm. Knowles st Clark John Thompson, Lynn street Corner Thomas, Dover st Frankland Joseph Wm. Mar ket Place Furness Thomas, Lynn st Heerley William, Dock st Inglis John T. (& provision merchant, Church st, and tobacconist at Silver st, Stockton Kellet Joseph, Archer st terrace Reed John, near Market pl posting house), near Ten nant st Thompson John, Exeter st Todd John, Market Place Ward Jacob, Archer st Ward John, Stranton lane Watt James, Hope st Master Mariners. Barnes George, West row Scar White Richard, Alfred st. Wood Wm. W. Dover st Millers. Lisle William (shipowner), Plumbers, Painters, and Audas James (& gas fitter), Boulby John, Albert st. Sail Makers. Curry Ralph, Jackson's Dek Ship Builders. Winspeare John, Middleton Tailors. Brown William, Dock st per), Church st. Church street Henderson Samuel, Ann st Jameson Peter, Church st Sanderson Robert, Dock st. Smith William, Knowles st. Tweedale Thomas, George st Weatherill John, Market st Watson Michael, Middleton Wilson Edward, Tennant st. Wild George, Stranton lane Watch Makers. Canton Richard, John st Wardill Jas. Jackson's Dock Pickering William, Church st | Whaley William, South st. WOLVISTON PAROCHIAL CHAPELRY. This chapelry is bounded on the north-east by the parish of Greatham, on the north by that of Elwick Hall, on the north-west by Grindon, and on the south-east by the townships of Billingham and Cowpen-Bewley. It comprises the two townships of Newton-Bewley and Wolviston. NEWTON-BEWLEY township contains 1,562 acres, and its annual value is $1,393 3s. The number of inhabitants in 1801 was 88; in 1811,84; in in 1821, 86; in 1831, 92; in 1841, 87; and in 1851, 121. The manorhouse of which no vestige now remains, and demesnes in this township were assigned to the twelfth stall in Durham Cathedral. The endowment and estates of this canonry became vested in the ecclesiastical commissioners in 1853. The rectorial tithes belong to the ecclesiastical commissioners, and amount to £133 per annum; the vicarial to the Rev. Philip Rudd, and are commuted for £21 3s. The Village of Newton-Bewley is situated six miles north-by-east from Stockton. Barton John, vict. Three Bells Whitelock John, miller Farmers. Allison Ralph (yeoman) Beach Robert (yeoman), Hall's field Bone James, Blue House Foster John Greenshields George Mellanby Edward, Low Grange Shepherd Henry, High Grange WOLVISTON township comprises an area of 2,396 acres, and the annual value of the property assessed to the county-rate in 1853 was £2,188 13s. The population in 1801 was 411; in 1811, 390; in 1821, 341; in 1831, 582; in 1841, 588; and in 1851, 750 souls. The principal landowners are the dean and chapter of Durham, who also possess the manorial rights. This, like the other portions of the former parish of Billingham, is held by farmers under leases of twenty-one years, subject to a renewal fine every seven years. Here are a brick and tile works and pottery; the former carried on by Mr. Henry Mainwaring, is the property of Robert White, Esq., and was erected by the Rev. L. C. Clarke. The Village of Wolviston occupies a pleasant situation on the Stockton and Sunderland turnpike road, about five miles north-by-east from the former place. An annual festival is held here on the first Sunday after Lammas Day; and on the following day, a horticultural show takes place; races and shows of various kinds follow; and, in the evening, balls take place at the public-houses. The Chapel, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, stands near the centre of the village, and consists of nave, chancel, and square tower: the latter was erected in 1830, at which time the chapel was enlarged. It now contains 320 sittings, and in consequence of a grant from the society for promoting the enlargement and building of churches and chapels, 130 of that number are free and unappropriated. An organ, purchased by subscription, was opened in 1854. The chapelry of Wolviston was severed from the mother church in 1577; from which year the register is dated. The emoluments of the living are derived from glebe lands belonging to it, and amount to about £180 per annum. The living, which is not in charge nor certificated, is in the patronage of the dean and chapter of Durham, and incumbency of the Rev. L. C. Clarke, B.A., who was appointed in 1832. The Parsonage House is situated in a pleasant and healthy part of the village, and has been considerably enlarged and improved by the present incumbent. The great tithes of the chapelry are commuted for £337 16s., paid to the ecclesiastical commissioners; and the small tithes amounting to £70 per annum, are received by the Vicar of Billingham. Here is a small Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, with a house for the minister, and a school. The Parochial School was rebuilt by subscription in 1836, on a site given by the Rev. L. C. Clarke, at a cost of £175. The dean and chapter of Durham give £10 per annum for the free education of twelve poor children, and the present incumbent pays for the instruction of eight others. In 1838, three Alms-Houses, containing six apartments, were erected in the contre of the village by Frances Ann Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry, for six poor widows, who are appointed by her ladyship. Rose Villa, the residence of Wright Clunie, Esq., is situated south of the village, and commands a fine view of the surrounding country. POST OFFICE, WOLVISTON: George Scotson, postmaster. Letters arrive here, from Stockton, at 9 a.m., and are despatched thereto at 4 10 p.m. CARRIER-To Stockton, William Watson, from his house, on Wednesday. The following name has been inadvertently omitted in the Directory of Billingham township and parish, in this division of Stockton Ward, viz., Hutchinson George, S. O. Bellassis. STOCKTON WARD. SOUTH-WEST DIVISION. This division of Stockton Ward comprises the parishes cliffe, Elton, Long Newton, Middleton St. George, Norton, Redmarshall, of Bishopton, EgglesThe population, in 1851, and Stockton, whose united area is 30,152 acres. was 14,442 souls. BISHOPTON PARISH. This parish comprises the townships of Bishopton, East and West Newbiggin, and Little Stainton, and is annexed to the Sedgefield Union. It is bounded on the north by the parishes of Redmarshall and Grindon, on the north-west by Great Stainton, on the west by Aycliffe, on the south-west and south by Haughton-le-Skerne, on the south-east by Long Newton and Elton, and on the east by Redmarshall. BISHOPTON township is principally the property of John Eden, Esq., John Page Sourby, Esq., Archdeacon Croft, the trustees of the late Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., and George Head, Esq. Henry Blackett, Esq., is lord of the manor. The area of the township is 2,002 acres, and its annual value £1,923 17s. The number of inhabitants in 1801 was 349; in 1811, 312; in 1821, 365; in 1831, 423; in 1841, 362; and in 1851, 365. The earliest account of Bishopton occurs in the Continuation of Simeon of Durham" There arose a feud betwixt Cumin and Roger de Conyers, from whom he never could extort either homage or fealty, as from the other barons. Roger, therefore, in self-defence, began to fortify his house at Biscopton for very fear of William. Cumin made an attempt with a strong force to surprise the place, but was repulsed and obliged to retreat; and here the bishop found a safe residence, and received the homage of such of his vassels as returned to their duty." Bishopton, after this transaction, remained in the possession of the family of Conyers for at least five centuries; and little of consequence occurred here till the breaking out of the northern rebellion in 1569, when "the rebels," writes Sir George Bowes, "constrained by force sundry to follow them; as the people of Bishopton, tenants of John Conyers, my son-in-law, being ready to come forward to serve the queen's majesty under him here, they not only forced them to go with them, but compelled the rest of the town, armed and unarmed, to go to Darneton." It is recorded that sixteen persons from "Byshopton," eight from "Little Staynton," and one from "Newbyggynge," joined the insurgents; and the executions which followed the failure of the enterprise were four at Bishopton, two at Little Stainton, and one at Newbiggin. Bishopton remained in the possession of the Conyers family until 1613, in which and the two following years, Sir George Conyers, Knt., of Sockburn, and George Conyers, Esq., his son and heir, alienated the whole of their manors of Bishopton, Stainton, and Newbiggin, in various parcels, to their tenants; Bishopton is at present held by the gentlemen above mentioned. The most remarkable object in the township is the Castle Hill, a fortification consisting of an artificial conical mount with a truncated summit, and surrounded by a double trench. It is constructed of the common clay and such stones as might be picked up in the surrounding country, and both its sides and summit are covered with verdure. In Hutchinson's time its height was estimated at sixty feet, but at present it is forty-three and a half feet in height, and the flat top is an ellipsis of fifty feet by thirty. The inner ditch is carried close around the base; but the outer one, though nearer it on the north and south, extends to a considerable distance east and west. The Bishopton Beck flows by on the south, and its waters were probably used for filling the trenches. The origin of this fort is traditionally ascribed to Roger de Conyers, but some writers consider it to be much more ancient, and suppose it to be a Roman, Saxon, or Danish intrenchment. |