DIRECTORY. 475 SHADFORTH. [DURHAM.] POST OFFICE.-Robert Race, postmaster. Letters arrive Police Station, Bryan John Booth, seJjeant from Ferry hill at 8 a.m.; dispatched! to 5 p.m. Money INSURANCE AGENTS :- orders are granted & paid at this office A nclwr Fire ~ Life, John Cochrane PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:- Manchester Fire, 'William M. Lowes Union House, Wm. Hallimond, master; Mrs. CARRIER TO STOCKTON-Thomas Valks, on wednesdays, Marg.Hallimond,matron; Hen. J OhI~ Ruddock, esq. surgn returning same day Bradbury. Hardy John, brick &tile manufacturer, Usher Anthony, farmer PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Swainston Wallace John, farmer, West house Moody Mr. John Hopps William, farmer, Murton Wetherell John, Beehive, & blacksmith Ord Mark, esq. Sands Potts Robert, farmer, Coal hill White J ames, boot & shoe maker COMMERCIAL. Proud James, farmer, Swainston White Thubron, Horse Shoe, & timber Arthur John, Stag ~ .Dmgon, Sedge- Shepherd Robert, farmer, Butterwick merchant field station Sisson Edward, farmer, Whin houses Wilkinson George, grocer & farmer Burton John, farmer, Sands farm Sisson RobertRobinson, farmer, Emble- Wilkinson Joseph, farmer, Holdforth Coatsworth Ralph, Plough ton Old hall Wilkinson J oseph, shopkeeper Elders Isaac, shoemaker Stephenson John, farmer, East Murton Letters through Ferry hill Grovel' Henry, station master, Brad- TinkleI' John, farmer, Murton Parochial School, Mr. John Hudson bury station Trenholm J olm, farmer, Butterwick master; Mrs. Ann Hudson, mistress Henderson Robert, farmer, Great Isle] Letters through Sedgefield Jeckell James, farmer Poxton. J ohnson George Shereton, timber mer- :E'ishburn. COMMERCIAL. chant & saw mills Giles John, esq. Hope house Thompson George, farmer Jowsey William, farmer Naylor Robert H. esq. hall Thompson John, farmer Kemball Edward Towers, station- master, Sedgeficld station COMMERCIAL. Shotton. KilburnRobertRobinson,farmer,Brakes Blackett George, farmer COMMERCIAL. Lawi"on John, farmer, Little Isle Booth Henry, farmer Applegarth J olm, farmer Moody William, farmer Brown J ames, farmer J ackson J ames, farmer Newcomb John, joiner & wheelwright Bryan Michael, tailor Robinson William, farmer Raine William, blacksmith Coltman Allan, Windmill, &joiner Smith Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Giles J olm, jun. farmer Mordonl Wheatley John, shopkeeper Greear Thomas, boot & shoe maker COMMERCIAL. Hudson Ann (Mrs.), schoolmistress Addison John, farmer Embleton. Hudson John, schoolmaster Bickerby Thomas, farmer COMMERCIAL. Kilburn John, miller Carter Richard, farmer Baines John, farmer Mann Hannah, shopkeeper Christopher Edward, farmer, Ha:rping. Boland Geo. farmer, Middle Swainstone Mann Virtue, butcher ton hill Boland Wm. farmer, Lower Swainstone OswaldGeorge,farmer, Elderberry hall Hopps Ralph, farmer, Hog-g's house Brown Thomas, farmer Potts Thomas, farmer Hutchinson Robert, Red Lion CrawfordThos.farmer,EmbletonOldhall Robinson Ralph, blacksmith Lawson Richard & WiIliam, farmers Etherington Wm. farmer, West Murton Sewell John, farmer West house Newton Francis, shopkeeper & butcher Fewell Anthony, beer retlr. Butterwick Snowdon George & Co. brick & tile ma· Smith Thos. farmer, south side Forster John, farmer, Butterwick nufacturers Turnbull Barnabas, shoemaker SHADFO:R.TH with LUDWOR.TH is a township and LUDWORTH, a populous colliery village, is situated about parochial chapelry, 5 miles east from Durham, and 2 south- three-quarters of a mile north-east from the village of Shad­ east from Sherburn railway station, on the north-eastern forth, contains aNational school, a spacious building erected line of railway. Shadforth is situated in a valley, through in 1849, and which is chiefly supported by the Thornley which runs a small rippling brook called the Shadforth Beck, Coal Company. Ludworth colliery is worked bythe Thornley which flows westward to the river Wear, in Coal Company, and its produce, like Thornley, is shipped at parish, Durham ward and union, deanery of Easington, Hartlrpool. Ludworth Tower, which stands near a rivulet archdeaconry and bishopric of Durham, and archbishopric at the head of a small valley, is constructed of rude masonry, of York. The church of St. Cuthbert is a neat stone buildincr, and contai~ a vaulted dungeon, and an upper chamber in the Early English style of architecture, consisting- of body lighted by a few narrow casements, but this relic of antiquity without aisles, and chancel, font, and contains a reg-ister is fast falling into rnin. The population, in 1858, was 1,348. chest; it was erected and consecrated in 1839; it is situated It contains 2,872 acres of la~d, chiefly the property of on a declivity on the north side of Shadforth Beck. The William Standish Standish, Esq., and the Rev. G. L. Blen­ living is a perpetual curacy, worth £250 yearly, with resi- kinsopp, M.A., Mr. J. Robinson, Mr. Robert Moon, Mr. John dence, and 12 acres ofglebe land, in the gift ofthe Dean and Clark, and a few smaller owners. The soil is Ji~ht, sandy Chapter ofDurham; the Rev. George Leaton Blenkinsopp, and loamy; the sub-soil is limestone. The chiet crops are M.A. is the incumbent. The Primitive Methodists have a wheat, oats, potatoes, turnips, &c. small chapel here. There is a Parochial school for children . of both sexes. .Shadforth. *Moon Robert, farmer, Cross houses Ludworth. Blenkinsopp Rev. George Leaton, M.A. Nicholson John, blacksmith COMMERCIAL. Parsonage Nicholson John, butcher Cutter John, grocer & draper Pattison Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Dixon J ahn, grocer & draper COMMERCIAL. Proud John, farmer, Strawberry hill Greenwell Isaac, overman Alderson Israel, farmer, Cassop smithy Reed Thomas, lime burner, Run waters Hall Thomas, overman Baldwin Edward, The Board Robinson Joseph, farmer, High Croft Harbel't Ralph, taBol' Brown George, Wheatsheaf honse J ameson John, Ludworth inn Brown J ohu, builder & joiner Robinson J oseph Thomas) Saddle inn, Lonsdale William, Queen's Head Carter John, Black Horse, & butcher & tailor Ramsey Chas. farmer, Ludworth tower "'Clark John, farmer, Ox close Robson Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, High Stephenson Jonattan, Btandish Arms Clark William, farmer, Fat close house Thornley Coal Co. (Thomas Wood, esq. Earle John, fellmonger & leather dresser Sanderson William & John, farmers, managing partner; Mr. Rout. Lamb, Forster John, sand dealer, Sand holes Hill honse viewer; Isaac Greenwell & Thomas Harrison Robert, shoemaker ShottonCathel'n.(Mrs.),ITmr. Crimerigg Hall, overmen, & Edward J ackson, Hills l\'1ichael, shopkeeper ThubronWm. Plough inn, & cartwright cashier), Ludworth colliery Jordison Robert, farmer Thursby John, tailor & sub-postmaster Letters' are received from Durham, Leonard HUl{h, Red Lion Wallace William, shoemaker which is also the nearest money order Miller William, farmer, Hare hill Whikkingham Robert, stonemason office POST OFFICE.-John Thursby, sub-postmaster. Letters Parochial School (for boys & girls), Mrs. AmI Turnbull, arrive from Durham at ~ past 10 a.m.; dispatched at ~ mistress past 3 p.m. Durham is the nearest money order office National School (for boys &girls), John Brayshaw, master; Primitive Methodist Chapel, ministers various Mrs. Ann Brayshaw, mistress SHEltBUltN BOSP:ITAL is an extra-parochial place importance is the Hospital, founded by Bishop Pudsey in and chapelry, in the ward? union, and diocese of Durham, 1184 for the reception of 65 lepers, to be governed by a about 2 miles from the city of Durham. The only place of master and chaplain. ht the time of Queen Elizabeth, 31*

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