DIRECTORY. 377 . [DURHAM.] PUBLIC SCHOOl,S:- lVhite Lion, John Dawson, Newgate street King James' Free G1'WW1W1', Rev. Edward Healy, B.A. NEWSPAPER-B~lLOPAvrkland Herald (published on head master saturdays), Market place, J oseph Hollis, publisher Bishop Ban'ington's (boys), Market place, James Reed, COACHES lea"e Ford's Commercial hotel, Market place, lwad master; George Martin Tait, second master every mornin~ for Durhamat 8 mom. retnrning 6 evening; St. Ann'.~ National (boys', girls' & infants'), Belvedere for , at 8 morn. returning at ~ past7 evng'.; road, Mrs. Mary Rowley, mistress; M.iss Sarah Pem'ce, for 'Vest Auckland, at ~ past 9 worn. returning at 3 aft. & infants' mistress ~ past 7 evening

HOTELS:- CARRIERS BY RAILWAY-Carver & Co. Railwav• station Ford's CommerC'ial Hotel 9' Railway Tavern, John Ford, CARRIERS TO :- Market place PERRY HILL & BJ.AcK GATE-Christopher Hope, from Flpece Commercial ~ Family, Edward Henry Rycroft, ' Malt Shovel,' friday Fore Bondgate. An omnibus to meet every train NEWCASTLE - William Aldeson, from 'Malt Shovel,' Talbot Family ~ Conunm'cial, William Bond, Market monday; J o~athan Clarkson & ChristopherWillans, from place. An omnibus to meet every train ' Malt 8hov81,' thursday Wem' Valley Hotel ~ Commercial House, Thomas Cooper, SUNDERJ~AND-John Taylor, from' Malt Shovel,' tues- adjoining Railway station, South road day; George Robinson, from' Malt Shovel,' wednesday B:ISHOP MIDDLEHAM is a parish and village in the of the late Robert Surtees, E'lq., F.S.A., the historian of ward of Durham and union of , and comprises Durham, in memory of whom the east and west stained the townships of BISHOP MID,\.LLH.-\.:)l, , windows and a monument in the chancel have been THRISLINGTON, ~rAINSFORTH, and GA.RMONDSWAY erected. The living is a vicarage, in the deanery of Stock­ MOOR; it is bounded on the north by , on the west ton, and in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and is by Merrington, on the south by Sedgefield, and on the east valued at .£190 per annum, of which the Rev. Thomas by , and is about 8 miles south-east from Durham Henry Yorke, )l.A., is incumbent, and the Rev. Arthur R. and 2 from the Ferry Hill station. The church of St. Faussett, M.A" is curate. There is a parochial school in the Michael stands upon a hill south of the villa~e, and is an village, well attended. The princiVul landowners are the ancient structure in the Early English style of architecture, Hon. G. F. H. Rnssell and Mrs. Surtees. The population consistin~ of nave, chancels, and aisles, and a tnrret con- of the parish, in 1851, was 1,719, and the acreage 5,791, taining 2 bells; the interior, about 1845, was restored at a which includes townships before mentioned; the population' great coat by Mrs. Surtees, of Mamsforth Hall, the widow of the township is 44:6, with 2,023 acres. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. CrowtherRichd.TkreeTuns,&blcksmth Palmer Robert, mason Allan Mr. George Thomas, Bishop Davison Thomas, farmer Pame]y William, boot & shoe maker Middleham hall - Fawdon George, farmer Robinson Christopher, farmer Chapman Mr. John R Finkler Michael, farmer Robinson J ames, farmer Dodsworth Mr. George Garthwaite Toplady, butcher Rutter Thomas, mason Fausset Rev. Arthnr R. M.A Gilhespy Thomas, boot & shoe maker Sewell John, farmer Wheatley Mr. George Gregson James, boot & shoe maker Smith Anthony, Dun Cow Yorke Rev. Thomas H. M.A Gribble Joseph, schoolmaster Smith Cuthbert,sub-postmaster, grocer Hodgson J oseph, brewer & maltster & mason COMMERCIAL. Hope Thomas, gardener Stevenson John, farmer, Fallowfield Applegarth Robert, farmer Lazenby Robert, joiner Taylor Margaret (Mrs.), grocer Bell Dorothy (Mrs.), Hare ~' Hounds Morrell George, Cross Keys, & farmer Thompson Robert, farmer Bell Margaret (Miss), schoolmistress James, farmer Walker John, farmer Bewick Joseph, farmer Neson John, farmer, Island Wiison Robert, boot & shoe maker Botcherby John, mason INewby John, farmer, Priory Wilson Thomas, boot & shoe maker Braton Jane (Mrs.), grocer Nixon Joseph, farmer, Highlands Wright William, Fleece . POST OFFICE.-Cuthbert Smith, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Ferry Hill station at 7 ; dispatched at ~ past 5 St. JJfichael's Church, Rev. Thomas Henry Yorke, l\LA'1 Parochial School, ~lr. Joseph Gribble, master; Miss Mar- incumbent j Rev. Arthur R. Faussett, l\'I.A. curate garet Bell, mistress :a:ISHOPTON is a parish and village, and comprises the Hospital, worth £2.50, with residence. The Rev. Charles townships of BISHOPTON, EAST and WEST NEWBIGGIN, Henry Ford is the vicar. The population of the township, and LITTLE STAINTON, in the union of Sedgefield. The in 1851, was 365, and the acreage 2,102. village of Bishopton is pleasantly situated on an eminence, LITTLE STAINTON is a township in the parish of Bishop­ 6 miles west-north-west of Stockton. The church of St. ton, 7 miles west-bJ'-north of Stockton, and 1 south of Peter was rebuilt and enlarged in 1846-7 by the munificence Stainton-le-Street. The population, in 1851, was 82, and of the late vicar, 'l'homas BUl'ton Holgate, and his two the acreage 1,Od3. sisters; it consists of nave, north aisle, ch:mcel, tower, and EAST and "VEST NEWBIGGIN form a township, with 3 bells. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of Sherburn 84G acres, and a population of 37. . Sisbopton. Hill Thompson, tailor & draper Sample Thomas, saddler l'RIVATE RESIDENTS. Hudgson Robert, Stillington Ox, & Thomps<\ftSarah (Miss), schoolmistress Anderson 1\Iiss Charlotte builder Thompson Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Dickson Miss Iceton Thomas, tailor Thornton J. laundress Ford Rev. Charles Henry Iveson Daniel, farmer, Gilly flat 'l'inkler John, farmer Heads GeOl'g'e, esq. West house Lowes John, joiner Tyson Isaac, farmer, Cobby castle Prierman Miss Jane Moore Thomas, Railway tavern & Wetherell "ViJliam, shoemaker COM~IERCIAL. blacksmith Willis William, farmer & corn miller Bates William, schoolmaster Nesom John, butcher, Letters fi'om Stockton, which is the Cook John, farmer, Stoney flat Nesom William, flumer nearest money order office Cowley William, farmer Nieholson Charles, farmer Little Stainton. Craggs Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Old Mary (Mrs.), Wheatsheaf Blench John, farmer Cruddace James, joiner Old Robert, Blue Bell Gibbon John, farmeL' Dobbing John, farmer Pattinson Robert, shoemaker Gibbon Thomas, farmer Elders William, shoemaker Robson Henry, farmer Hardy Brothers, farmerR Gibson G. parish clerk Robson Thomas, cornfactor Maug'ham John, farmer :QLAYDON is a village in the township of Winlaton, parish Bishop of Dnrham and the Crown alternately; the Rev. of St. Cuthbert Ste11a,280 miles north fi'om London, 4~ west ·William Brown, B.A., is the incumbent. There are chapels from Newcastle, lmving a station on the Newcastle and for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and the Wesleyan Carlisle railway, and 6 west from Gateshead, in Ryton parish, Reformed Methodists meet for worship at the :ftIechanics' the west division of Chester ward, Gateshead union, Chester Institution. The establishment.s include a national school deanery, Durham archdeaconry and bishopric, York arch- for both sexes, saw mills, sanitary pipe, bottle, chemical and bishopric, and northern division of the county, situated on firebrick works, an iron foundry, coke ovens, nail and chain the river Tyne, the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, and the mannfactories and several wharts. In this township, in1851, road from HexhaHl to Newcastle. The church of St, Cuth- the Scotwood Bridge Co. opened two piers; they are in the bert Stella is of stone in the Early English style, erected in Norman style, 670 feet long, with a roadway 22 feet wide. 1844; it has a nave, chancel, south porch, and organ. The The soil and subsoil are clay. Charles Towneley, Esq.,is lord living is an incumbency worth £180 yearly, in the gift of the of the manor and cllief lando\\'1ler. The chief crops are 25