DIRECTORY.] DURHAM. DINSDALE. 83 Salmon Richard S. joiner Snowden John, Doctor Syntax inn Williamson Albert, butcher SmithAnn (Mrs.),frmr.High Faver dale Stowell John Stowe, farmer & land- Williamson Edwin, farmer &asst.ovenr Sowerby Thomas, Oxclose farm & owner, Faver dale Williamson John, farmer Mount Pleasant Wheeler Thomas, boot & shoe dealer Williamson Joseph, Bottom House farm DENTON is a township and small village, formed into a' as part of the barony of Gainford, was held in the nth cen­ parish with Houghton-le-Side, 6 miles north-west-by-west tury by Guy de Balliol, by whom, or by his successor a from Darlington and 2 north from Pierce Bridge station, in considerable estate was granted out to a family who the Barnard Castle division of the county, Darlington union assumed the name of Deuton, and Jollande Deuton, possibly and county court district and petty sessional division, rural the grantee alienated a small portion of it to the monas­ deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry of Auckland and diocese tery of Durham: the heiress of Nicholas Denton, in the of Durham. 'fhe church of St. Mary, originally built in the reign of Edward III. conveyed the estate with other posses- 12th century and partly repaired in 1700, was rebuilt in 1810 sions to Nicholas Brakenbury, and they remained with that and is a low, plain, building of stone, consisting of chancel, family until by the marriage of Agnes, daughter and heir of nave, south transept and west porch: the south transept, Anthony Brakenbury with Gilbert Marshall of Newcastle, which opens to the nave by a wide pointed arch, was known the estates were transferred in 1556-7, to the Marshalls, who as" Brackenbury's porch:" in the sacrarium, in front of the in the reign of James I. again alienated them, and after table, lies a slab of blue marble, 5 feet 9 inches long, about 2~ passing through various other hands, were purchased about feet wide at the head, and I foot 8 inches at the foot, and in the middle of the present century by Matthew Culley esq. low relief is the multilated effigy of a female apparently of Lands were also held here in the qth century by Ralph de the 12th century, and around the margin this inscription in Nevill, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, and under him by the Lombardic characters:-" Hrcr GIST AVBREY DE COYNNERS Tempest and Tailbois families, and in 1592 the m~J,nor be­ SA COMPAYN:" at the close of the last century, when Hutch- longed to the Tonges, of Thickley, but originally of Tong, inson wrote, there still remained many monuments or slabs, Yorks. The Duke of Cleveland K.G. is lord of the manor and some being richly ornamented and bearing crosiers or other sole landowner. The area is 949 acres; rateable value, figures and inscriptions m Latin or Norman-French, but all £812 1os. ; the population in 1881 was 84. these have now ~isappeared, as well as the pain_ted glass, and Letters through Darlington, arrive at 9.30 a.m. Piercebridge there only remam several slabs, some of whtch have held is the nearest money order & telegraph office brasses: there are 220 sittings : in the churchyard are . memorials to the Rev. Joseph Cradock, a former incumbent Parochtal School (mtxed): bl';tl~ m I874• for 72 children d. 9 June, 178o, and to the Culley family 1749·83. The average attendance, 45' Wtlham Lee, master register dates from 1576. The living is a vicarage, net yearly Houghton-le-Side is 5 miles north-east from Gain­ value £w6, including 38 acres of glebe, with residence, in ford, and 7 north-west from Darlington. The Free Metho­ the gift of the vicar of Gainford, and held since :r884 by the dists have a chapel here. The area is 1,051 acres ; rateable Rev. William Apter,of St.Aidans; Trinity College,Cambridge, value, £955; the population in 1881 was 103. are impropriators of the great tithes. Deuton Hall, situated Letters through Heighington R.S.O. which is the nearest at the west end of the village, is a plain gabled house of money order office & savings bank; the nearest telegraph Jacobean date. but has lost its western wing. Of Braken- office is West Auckland bury's Hall there are now no remains: this place, probably The children of this place attend Bolam & Denton schools Denton. DodsWm.Pringle Millr.frmr.Dentn.hall . Cumber Ann (Mrs.), farmer Apter Rev. William [vicar], Vicarage Leng William, farmer 1 Gill John, farmer Dods WilliamPringle Miller,Denton hall!• Parker John, shopkeeper Kitching William, farmer AllsopWm.farmer,LimeKiln Banks frm, . Leng Jonathan, farmer Charlton Jsph.farmer,DentonGrange ea ! Houghton-le-S1de. I Sewell George, farmer & landowner,. Coltman John, carpenter I Bland Robert, market gardener Leggs Cross farm Davison John, blacksmith J Corner Robert H. farmer Sidgwick Thomas & Matthew, farmer!! DINSDALE, or Low DrNSDALE, as it is sometimes called, visited in the summer season by persons who wish to receive is a small village and parish, with a station on the Stockton the benefit of the excellent sulphurous spring on Mr. Surtees' and Darlington branch· of theNorth Eastern railway, 5 miles estate in this parish, first discovered in 1789 by some work­ south-east from Darlington, 10 south-west from Stockton- men employed by William H. Lambton esq. in searching for on-Tees, and 7 from Yarm; it is in the South-Eastern division coal: the spa and baths are now occupied by William Mes-­ of the county, south-western division of the ward of Darling- senger, and in 1883 an hotel was added which is comfortably ton, petty sessional division, union and county court district and elegantly furnished, and visited by invalids and pleasure of Darlington, rural deanery of Darlington, archdeaconry of seekers. Dinsdale Park has been occupied as a residence for· Auckland and diocese of Durham. The church of St. John, mental invalids for the last 35 years, and is intended and erected in n96, on the site of Saxon church, by William Briton, adapted for patients of the higher class, its southern aspect· first rector, who with his wife Agnes appear to have been the and elevated situation on the north side of the river Tees, founders, is an ancient building of stone, in the Early English overlooking a large portion of the North Riding of Yorkshire style, consisting of chancel, nave, south chapel, dedicated to St. and the varied scenery of the Cleveland hills, render it a Mary, south porch and an emaattled western tower, with pin- healthy and cheerful residence : attached to the mansion are nacles, containing one bell: in the chancel and nave are pis- 120 acres of land, a considerable portion of which is laid out cinae : the font is of Caen stone, supported by marble pillars, in gardens: Dr. J. W. Eastwood is the resident physician and the old Norman font is still preserved: in 1883 a hand- and proprietor. The l\'Ianor House, the property of Messrs. some carved reredos of Caen stone was erected at a cost of Surtees, at present vacant, stands on the ~:~ite of the old £Ioo from designs of Mr. Robert J. Johnson: thechurch manorhouseofthei3thcentury,ofwhichthewallsandone was restored in 1876, when the remains of a fine churchyard pillar remain and are in a good state of preservation : the old cross and some beautifully carved stones of the so-called double moat is still clearly traceable :the house is historically Saxon type were discovered and they now form the base of interesting as having been the residence of the ancient family the north wall of the church: in the porch is a grave cover of Surteys or Surtees, formerly barons of the bishopric of bearing a sword and cross and inscribed in rude, peculiar, Durham. John of Darlington, Archbishop of Dublin 1279-84, but perfectly legible letters '' Gocelynus Surteys :!' in ex- was born in this parish, but assumed the name of Darlington cavating for the foundations of the tower a sarcophagus was in preference to that of his native village. The Messrs. found, the lid bearing a large plain cross; it probably dates Surtees, Henry Andrew William Cocks esq. of the Hall, from the nth century: the windows are stained, the east Middleton St. George ; Rowland Cresswell- Ward esq. window being a memorial to William Smoult Temple, late of Neasham Hill; George John Scurfield esq. jun. and rector d.1859, Maryhis wife d. x86g and Simon Temple,sen. d. 1 William Alexander Wooler esq. J.P. of Sadberge Hall, are the 186x; and others in the chancel are to Anne d. 1863 and principal landowners : all the land is of freehold tenure. Fanny Grey Smith d. 1874; and to Gertrude d. 1875 and The soil is of a mixed character, and produces excellent crops Harold Eastwood d. 1875; the west window commemorates of wheat, beans, barley, turnips and potatoes. The acreage the Storey family, and three windows on the south side are is x, 176; rateable value, £3,692; the population in x881 memorials to Major William Anthony Grey Smith, d. x886, was 252. Almeria wife of the Rev. Scott Surtees, d. 1859 and the Rev. Parish Clerk, John Bone. John Surtees and his wife, d. 1873: there are 170 sittings. Letters arrive from Darlington at 8 a. m.; dispatched at The registers date from 1556. The living is a discharged 6.30 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Fighting rectory, tithe rent-charge £173, gross yearly value, £254, in- Cocks & the nearest telegraph office Middleton-One-Row eluding 55 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean INSURANCE AGENT.-Caledonian Fire & Life, E.