234 EAST RAINTON. DURHAM. (KELLY'S

GoundryMaryAnn(Mrs. ),BlackBoy inn Minto William Rippon, farmer . North Hetton Coal Co. Colliery&Oflices Hartill Richard, Grey Horse inn Murray Patrick, Lamb inn 1 Wilkinson George,North Hetton tavern Haswell Robert, grocer N ortb Hetton Coal Co. (Thomas Wood, Wood Thomas, mining engineer toN orth Lewins Thomas, Wheatsheaf P.H sec), fire brick manufacturers Betton colliery ·Lodge George, butcher WEST RAINTON is a parish comprising the town­ National School, built in 1862, for 282 children; average ships of COCKEN, MooRHOUSE, and WEST RAINTON, and a attendance, ~13 girls & II2 infants; the school has an portion of EAsT RAINTON, and was formed July 27, 1838, endowment of£ 10 yearly from the charities of Houghton­ from ~he parishes of Houghton-le-Spring and ; in le-Spring ; Miss Catherine Christie, mistJ;ess; Miss Jesse the Houghton-le-Spring division Df the county, north divi­ Thompson, infants' mistress sion of Easington ward, Houghton-le-Spring petty sessional School (), built in 1870, for 285 children; average division and union, county court district of Durham, rural attendance, I 12 mixed & 94 infants ; Malcolm McCullough, deanery of Houghton-le-Spring and archdeaconry and dio­ master 1 Miss Agnes S. McCullough, mistress cese of Durham. West Rainton is a township, situated on Railway Station, Leamside, James Lowrie, station master the road from Durham to Sunderland, 4 miles north-east ' ' from Durham, and 260 from London. The church of St. Cocken township, in the union of Chester-le-Street, is Mary the VIrgin, rebuilt in 1864, at a cost of £6,ooo, by Sir situated on the south bank of the river Wear, about a mile George Elliot hart. M. P. is an edifice of stone in the earliest west from the Leamside station on the North Eastern rail­ Middle Pointed style, and the design is characterized by way. There is a coal mine in this township, worked by the Earl exceeding loftiness: it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north of Durham. Cocken Hall, now the residence of G. Y, Heath and south porches, and a tower at the north-west angle with esq. M.n., D.C.L. of Newcastle-on-Tyne, was formerly the spue rising to an altitude of 130 feet, and containing one residence of a community of Teresian nuns. Standish Carr­ bell: there are soo sittings. The register dates from the Standish esq. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The year 1825. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge soil is clay and light loam, with a subsoil of clay. The chief £307, gross yearly value £4oo, including glebe, with resi­ crops are wheat, oats and turnips. The area is 465 acres; dence, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham, and held since rateable value, £689; the population in 1881 was 184. 1885 by the Rev. George Dale Copeland B. D. Cantuar. and Letters from Fence Houses arrive at 9.30 a. m. ; collected by surrogate. There is a library, news, and reading room foot postman, 1 p.m. The nearest money order & tele- here. The Nos. 9 and 10 l)atteries of the 2nd () graph office is at West Rainton . Durham Artillery Volunteers have a dnll hall here, built by the fifth Marquess of Londonderry K.P. ; the head quarters Moorhouse is a mile south-west, on the high road from are at Seaham Harbour. The Dean and Chapter of Durham Durham to Sunderland. The Dean and Chapter of Durham are lords of the manor, and with the Ecclesiastical Commis­ are 1ords of the manor. The principal landowner is the sioners chief landowners. The soil and subsoil are clayey. .Marquess of Londonderry K.G., P.C. The ar-ea is 277 acres; The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. The area of rateable value, £2,409 ; the population in 1881 was 77. the township is 1,776 acres; rateable value, £I4,36o; the population in 188:{ was, township, 2,888; ecclesiastical Middle Ra.inton 1s a village in the parish of West parish, 3,778. Rainton, about half a mile north-west, on the high road Parish Clerk, John Gibbony. · from Durham to Sunderland. PosT, M. 0. & T. 0. & S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. Letters through ;Fence Houses arrive at 8.30 a.m. The -Mrs. Mary Lee, postmistress. Letters from Fence nearest money order office is at West Raip.ton. Wall Houses arrive at 8 a. m. ; dispatched at 12.30 & 4·55 p.m. Letter Box cleared at t.4o p.m National School (Londonderry), built in 1850 for 317 chit- National School, built 1876, for 89 children; average at- dren; average attendance, 172; James Turnbull, master tendance, 84; Mrs. Mary Eliza Minniss, mistress West Rainton. · Gib~on Joseph, Highland Laddie inn, 1 Sutherland John ~ussell! surgeo~, & Adams Rev. Reginald A. B.A. [curate] P1thouse lane ~ed ..officr.&pubhc vaccm~tr.Ra~nton .Blackl'()ck Geor~re Robert 1 Glew Thomas, cow keeper dtstrtct, Hought.on-le-Sprmg umon Copeland Rev. George Dale B. D. [rector] : Hewitt ThomasNelson, tailor, Leam~ide Thompson Isaac, farmer, Fi.nchal banks Dunlop Joseph Samuel, Oak cottage Howcroft Harland, Bonny Pit Lad mn, Trotter Thomas, Oak Tree 1.nn J:<'ord Rev George M A [curate] Leams1de Wade John, cowkeeper, Ramto'n gate Hodgson Mrs. Prospe~t house Hutchi!lson Mary Jane (Miss), Bull & Walby C~arles William Banks, butcher Illingworth Rev. William H Dog mn . Walker George, butcher Laverick Robert Croudace house Hylton Thomas, butcher, Ramton gate Watt John, farmer, Rees Bank farm StephensonJoseph Belmont cottage Jefferson Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Welsh Anthony, farmer Sutherland John Russell JohnsonJsph.Lambrt.butchr.Leamside Welsh George W. farmer Warminger Samuel J~hnsonWm.fr~r.~eedsmn.,& asst.o!rsr Youn.g Mary (Mrs.), Masons' Arms P.H. Welsh Edward, Broom ho. Leamside Kmg _Edward W1lham, Nags Head mn, Ramton gate Welsh Edward, The Cottage Ramton gate Lackey Robert, boot & shoe maker Cocken. COMMERCIAL. LaverickRobt.manager,Rainton colliery Heath George Yeoman M. B. Cocken hall J3ell Ralph, farmer, Stables farm Lee Mary(Mrs. ),confectioner,Post office Grainger William, builder & contractor Bell Robert, farmer, WooJside Littlefair Jn. Three Tuns inn,Rainton gt Lawson John, farmer .Blacklock George Robert, under viewer Marshall James, butcher, Leamside Lowrey Joseph, farmer Burn Thomas, farmer, Wheatley head Marshall Joseph, Greyhound P.H Carling Samuel,. Railway inn, Leamside Marston John, tailor, Leamside Moorhouse. Chapman John White, grocer Mawston William, farmer, Prior's close 'fopham Wm. farmer, Moo:rhouse farm Colman Robert, grocer & draper N eedham Ralph, general dealer Cumberland Edward, greengrocer Rainton Colliery offices Middle Ra.inton. Cunningham John, Beehive inn Co-operative Society Lim. Forster Mrs Curry Joseph, Three Horse Shoes inn (Thos. Turner, mangr.), Raintongate Coe 'l'l'lomas, general dealer Dial Michael, Lord Seaham inn Ranson William, grocer, Freehold Forster William, grocer & draper Draper Marshall, butcher Ranson William, hair dresser Gibson William, butcher Dunlop Joseph Samuel L.R.C.P. Edin. Richardson Ralph, farmer, Field house Hodgson John, grocer & draper surgeon, Oak cottage Robinson John, Leamside hotel ' j Jackson Robert, Rose & Crown inn Durham 2nd (Seaham) Artillery Robson Barbara (Miss), milliner, Rain- Johnson George,farmer,Rainton grange Volunteers (No. 9 battery, Capt. R. ton gate Rutter John George, general dealer Laverick; No. Io battery, Capt. R. ScorerHy. Whitfield,frmr.Leamside frm Stout Edward, Fox & Hounds inn Brydon, commandants) Stephenson Wm. beer retailer, :Freehold Taylor SamuelTh()s.Foresters' Arms P.H Flowers George, farmer, Horner hill Stott Thomas, shopkeeper Walby George, shopkeeper Garthwaite Anthony, Robin Hood inn Stubbs Christopher, beer retailer Wise Christopher, Hope & Anchor inn

RED MARSH ALL is a township, small viliage and 1 "Claxton's Porch," south aisle, south porch and an em· parish, 4~ miles north-west from Stockton-on-Tees, 9 north· ; battled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 3'bells: the west from ,6 south-east from and 1 mile chancel and tower arches are Norman: in the south tran­ south from Carlton station on North Eastern railway, in the' sept is a!). altar tomb of alabaster with mutilated effigies

South Eastern division of the county, south-west division of 1 of a knight in plate armour with wreathed bascinet and Stockton ward, Stock ton petty sessional division, union and 1 pallets, and wearing a tunic; and of a lady in horned head· county court district, rural deanery of Stockton, arch- dress, attired in a long flowing robe, over which is a sho;.ot deaconry of Auckland and diocese of Durham. The church jacket and mantle; but her fore arms are gone; these re­ of St. is a small plain building of stone; chiefly in present Thomas Langton of Wynyard, ob. 1417, and his wife the Early English style with some Norman remains, and Sybil: the chancel retains three sedilia of Perpendicular consists of chancel, nave of one bay, south transept, called date: the church is now (1889) about to undergo restoration: