DIRECTORY. 563 WHITWORTH. [DURHAM.] Hunter William, joiner Storey John, farmer COMMERCIAL. Hutchinson Edward, farmer Tinkler Joseph, Jolly Sailor Baty WiIliam, Ship Hutchinson William, cartwright Turner William, farmer Burdon John, farmer Kirby John, boot & shoe maker Walton Elizabeth (Mrs.), butcher Burdo:n Thomas, farmer Kirtley Martin, surgeon Walton John, farmer Cleadon Lane Railway Station, Wm. Kirton George Thraker, Highlander Wilson Mary (Miss), mistress of Na­ Potts, station master Lightley Robert, tailor tional school Cooling George, farmer LongstaffThomas,butcher & shopkeeper Wood Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Elliott John, Britannia Mallabar Andrew, farmer Wright Robert, farmer Gibbon Thomas, farmer, Cleadon hill Merriman Henry, Grey Horse Letters delivered by foot post from Heavisides Robert, farmer Merriman William, farmer Sunderland Holmes Ann (Mrs.) & Son, farmers Ogle Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Merriman Thomas, blacksmith Park Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Cleadon. Morrison Thomas, master mariner Pearson Joseph, shoemaker PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Proud J oseph, farmer Purvis William, wine & spirit vaults Abbes Rev. George Cooper, B.A. Reay John, shopkeeper Robertson Ann (Mrs.), mistress of Cleadon house Shepherd John, gardener infant school Allison James, esq. Undercliffe Walker Richard, farmer, Newton garth Robson Robert, potato dealer Allison J ames, jun. esq Walker William, farmer Scott John, tailor Hernaman John, esq Wood Matthew, farmer Sheppard John, shopkeeper Ness Mrs. Elizabeth Wood Robert, farmer, Cleadon mill Short Jacob, blacksmith Ness Robert, @sq. Farding slade Wood Thomas, farmer, Sunniside Stamp John, gardener Potts Christopher, esq Letters delivered by foot post from Stobbs Edward, farmer Shortridge Richd. esq. Cleadon meadow Sunderland . Storey Cuthbert, potato dealer Swinburne Robert Waiter, esq 'W':HIT'WOBT:H is a township, village and parish, very supposed to be some of the Nevill family. The parsonage pleasantly situated near the river Wear, 4~ miles from Bishop is about a quarter of a mile from the church, in a very Auckland,6 south-west from Durham, and 256fromLondon, pleasant situation. Whitworth park, the residence of B. in the union of and ward of Durham. The Duncombe 8hafto, Esq., l\LP., is a magnificent modern church is a neat structure in the Gothic style, consisting of mansion, commanding a fine view over the vale of the river nave, chancel and 1 bell. The living is a perpetual curacy, Wear. The population of the parish, by the census of 1851, in the patronage of the Dean andChapter ofDurham, valued was 685; it now amounts to upwards of 3,000. at about£200 per annum, and the Rev. Charles Carr,M.A., is OLD PARK is a township in this parish, comprising 401 the incumbent. The church underwent thorough repair in acres; it is the property of the Myddleton family. The 1850 at a cost of £500, defrayed by public subscription; house at present occupied by J. G. Robson, Esq., is of great there are two ancient monuments in the church, one repre- antiquity, and exceedingly picturesque. senting a knight in full armour, and the other a female, PRIVATE RESIDENTS. I COMMERCIAL. Longstaff Henry, farmer, Binchester Carr Rev. Charles B.A Dodds Edward, farmer cragg Robson John George, esq. Old park Gledston John, farmer, Page bank Robson James, farmer, Binchester hall Shafto Mrs. Catherine D. Whitworth Hall Wm. colliery viewer, Page bank IRobson John George, colliery owner, park Linsley Joseph, farmer, Home farm Old park 'W':HOBLTON is a township and parochial chapelry open and stained; the chancel floor is laid with encaustic (which possesses no dependent townships), 3~ miles east- tiles; the entrance is by a southern porch, and at the south­ south-east from , andis bounded on the north west corner an octagonal turret, about 50 feet in height by Winston parish, on the west by a portion of the chapelry forms a belfry; the living is a perpetual curacy, worth £130, of Barnard Castle, on the south by the river Tees, and on in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridge. Here is aNational the east by the parish of Winston. The church of St. Mary school for boys and girls. The annual value is £1,800 17s. 8d. was rebuilt in 1853, is an elegant stone building, in the It contained, in 1851, a population of 296, and the acreage Decorated style, has a nave and chancel; the roof is of memel, is 1,760. • PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Goundry Ralph, joiner & cartwright Stainthorpe William, farmer, Graffts Headlam Rev. ArthurWm. [incumbntJ Greathead John, tailor Stanwix James, farmer, house Headlam Morley, esq. the Hall Harwood William.? joiner Summerfield Silvester, flog inn, & Potts Mrs. Ruth Hedley Michael, tarmer shoemaker J ackson George, mason Tester John, postmaster COMMERCIAL. Jackson John, butcher Trotter William, farmer, Sledwick Alderson Mary Ann (Mrs.), BlackBull Mackenzie Archibald, frmr. Arlaw bnks Wappatt Thomas, shopkeeper Charlton Michael, farmer Millburn George, shoemaker White John, farmer, West Whorley'hill Cooper Robinson, tailor Parkin Jonathan, Bridge inn, & smith Letters arrive by foot post from Stain- Dodds Matthew, farmer, Whorley hill & agricultural implement maker drop. Barnard Castle is the nearest Garry William, farmer Robinson John, farmer, Humbleton money order office WINGATE, or WINGATE GRANGE, is a parish, formed the weekly pence of the children. There are also Sunday in 1842 from the adjoining parishes of J{EJ.. LOE and CASTLE schools. The acreage is about 4,154, and the popula­ EDEN for ecclesiastical purposes, is about 2 miles in length tion, in1851, was 2,456. The Right Hon. Lord Howden and and 1 in width. The village is about 9 miles east from several others are the landed proprietors. The population Durllam, 10 north-west from , and 14 south-west are chiefly employed by theWingate Grange Coal Company. from Sunderland, in the northern division of the county, in There is also a small brewery and brick manufactories in the Easington ward, union and deanery, in the Durham the neighbourhood. A branch of the North Eastern Railway bishopric and York archbishopric, and is situated on the road Company runs through the township. The Vicarage is a from Stockton to Durham. Trinity church is a plain, Gothic substantial brick-built residence, erected in 1846. The ex­ stone edifice, erected in 184O-hasnave, aisles, chancel, turret penses were borne partly by the Ecclesiastical Commis­ with 1 bell-sittings for nearly 500 persons. The living is sioners and partly by private subscriptions. Wingate a vicarage, worth £202 yearly, with good house, in the Grange, the residence of William Armstrong, Esq., is gift of the Bishop of Durham; the Rev. Edward Neville situated on an eminence west ot' the village, and commands Valentine Boydell is the vicar. There are chapels for Wes- extensive views of and the German Ocean. leyans and Primitive Methodists. There are schools for boys Wingate Mill and Old Wingate and Wingate Grange are and girls, chiefly supported by the colliery proprietors and hamlets here. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Algar WilIiam, grocer & draper Burnett Thos. WilSOD, boot & shoe mkr Armstrong Mr.William, jun Allison Timothy, blacksmith Cairns Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Drop well Boydell Rev. Edwm'd N. V. Vicarage Allison Timothy, farmer Chopping Charlotte (Mrs.), London- Hewitson Mr. William, Wingate grange Appleby John, farmer, Old Wingate derry A rm.'J Johnson Elijah, esq Armstrong William, JUDo viewer, Win- Christopher Richard, boot &shoe maker Morison John, esq. L.R.C.S. (of Edin- gate colliery & leather cutter burgh), Wellfield house Atkinson Henry, Wingate tavern, Cook J oseph, baker & confectioner COMMERCIAL. Wingate lane Cowley William, schoolmaster Adams Charles, painter Bellerby William, postmaster, chemist Coxon Rose (Mrs.), shopkeeper Adams John, butcher & druggist Craggs Stephen, Caradock inn Algar William, baker Binney Robert, Railway inn Crowe George, farmer, Red Hurworth •