64 CASTLE EDEN. DURHAM. [KELLY's

spire: there are monuments to Rowland Burdon esq. The nearest 1p.oney order & telegraph office is at &eTeral years M.P. for the county of Durham, and the Castle Eden, 1 mile distant. Letters for Wellfield &. designer and builder of Sunderland bridge crossing the Wellfield Farm are received through Wingate & for Wear: to John Maclean esq. and to Row land Burdon Wellfield Station through Castle Eden esq. :son of the above, and his wife. In 1895 important EA.SINGTO~ & JOINT SMALL-POX alterations were commenced and completed in March, HOSPITAL BOARD. 1896, at a cost of £I,soo. The chancel was rebuilt The Board, consisting of 12 members, was formed upon a larger scale, an organ chamber added, the flat in 1905. ceiling of the nave opened and the interior converted Meetings are held at the Commercial inn, Castle Eden into nave and aisles by the erection of two columns on & at the Hospital, near Thornley, when necessary. each side : there are 300 sittings. The register of Chairman, John Joseph Prest J.P. Hardwick hall, Castle baptisms dates from 1720; burials, 1728; marriages, Eden 1813· The living is a rectory, net yearly value £250, Clerk, J. M. Longden M.A., LL.B. solicitor, Somerford 'With residence, in the gift of Col. Rowland Burdon, and buildings, Sunderland held since 1885 by the Rev. Frederick Godwin Johnson Treasurer, F. G. H. Clayton, Barclay's Bank, Newcastll"­ Bobinson M.A. of University College, Oxford. The on-Tyne rectory house, given by R. Burdon esq. to the benefice, and three-quarters of a mile south-west from the COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR CASTLE EDEN church, is covered with ivy. The chief station for the PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION, SOUTH DIVISIOX county police for Easington ward is here, and contains OF EASINGTON W A.RD. a justice room, dwelling for the superintendent and cells for prisoners. A. cattle market is held once a fort­ Burdon Col. Rowland D.L. The Castle, Castle Eden, night. Cattle sales are held every alternate Monday by chairman Messrs. Thomas Murray Limited, auctioneers, of Has­ Angus Jonathan Robert, Sheraton, Castle Eden -well. Here are an extensive brewery and maltings, Armstrong William, Elmfi~d lodge, Gosforth,Newcastle- brick and tile works, and a good hotel at the rail­ on-Tyne -way station. In a field, half-way between Horden Hall Barrass Matthew, colliery, Thornley and Eden Hall, are remains of buildings, supposed to Chalton Ley, Bee-chwood, West have formed the Saxon village of Y oden ; these are sur­ Doughty Col. Henry, The Cliffe, Seaton Carew, Wesi rounded by a trench or fosse, and on the north side is Hartlepool a conical structure, protected by several semi-circular Errington Robert, Co-operative terrace, Sherburn Hill. dit-ches, and affording from its summit an extensive Durham and beautiful view: the site was excavated in 18814, Guthe Julius Ernest, Dinsdale lodge, Seaton Carew but the objects found, consisting of grinding and Hudson Ralph Milbanke, The Cedars, Sunderland llhar;pening stones, pottery, a bronze buckle and other Hunter George James,Sycamore ter.Haswell, Sunderlnd articles, were only of medirevdl date. Outside the Lauder Robert, Broom hill, West Hartlepool kitchen garden at Castle Eden, a leaden tobacco stopper Mather James, Providence cottage, Haswell, Sunderland of the 17th century was found in 1820. Castle Eden Moore Thomas William, 8 Clarence street,, Castle, the seat of Col. Rowland Burdon D.L., J.P. is a Sunderland castellated mansion of stone in the Gothic style, Pearson William, The Lawns, Hartlepool pleasantly situated in a spacious and well-wooded park Prest John Joseph, Hardwick hall, Castle Eden at the head of a deep ravine : the interior is elegant, Pyman George, Rose bank, West Hartlepool and contains a collection of paintings : a conservatory Tate Simon, Grange was added on the west side of the castle by the late Trechmann Charles Otto, Hudworth tower, Castle Eden Rowland Burdon esq. in 1864. is Tristram Francis Thomas, Haverton Hill,Middlesbrougb. a picturesque ravine of varying width, 3 miles long, Watson Thomas, Wingate house, Deaf Hill, Trimdon extending to the sea ; the more open portions are Grange thickly overgrown with ash, birch and yew trees, in­ Wilkinson Anthony D.L. Sheraton hall, Castle Eden terrupted here and there by projecting rocks, and at Wilkinson James, Bow street, Thornley the upper end a stream, foaming through the cliffs, Wilson Joseph Forster, Pangbourne, West Hartlepool forms a clear pool, called "Gunner's pool," from a Wood John esq. hall, Coxhoe person of that name who was drowned here; great Wood Wm. Outterson, South Hetton hall, Sunderland improvements were made in the Dene by the Rev. John Clerk to the Magistrates, Maurice Moore, Castle Eden Burdon, its late owner ; a suspension bridge has been & I I John street, Sunderland erected across Gunner's pool, walks laid out and several Petty Sessions are held at the Court house every alter­ rustic bridges erected. Col. Rowland Burdon D.L., J.P. nate saturday at 10 a.m is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is The following places are included in the division:­ sand and loamy; the subsoil is clay and magnesian Castle Eden, Easington, Haswell, Button Henry, limestone. The crops are wheat, oats, barley, beans, , , Horden, Nesbitt, turnips and potatoes. The township contains 1,949 (part of), Sheraton, Shotton, Thornley, Trimdon &; acres of land; rateable value, £q,z(5I ; the population Wing ate in I9II was 1,82g. Occasional 0oUl't houses, The Castle at Castle Eden k Sexton, Waiter Almonds. Police Stations at Wingate, Thornley & Castle Eden W ellfield is a small hamlet, about 2 miles west from Colliery the church. Here are brick and tile works. Post, M. 0., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office (letters should have eo. Durham added). Miss Helens Police Station, J ames Thompson, superintendent, xti> E. Thew-Hall, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive at 6 sergeants & 40 constables Public Elementary Schools (mixed), built in 1866, for 8G a.m. & 1.20, 4 & 6.40 p.m. & are dispatched at 9 a.m. & & 1.40, 6.30 & g.25 p.m.; on sundays arrive at 6 boys 92 girls, now enlarged for 200 mixed; average a.m. ; dispatched at 5.20 p.m attendance, 150; John Stirk, master; Miss E. H. Stirk Post Office, Fa-ctory. Mrs. Eleanor McDonald, sub­ & Matthew Gibson, assistants postmistress. Letters from Castle Eden arrive at Railway Station, Edwin Thomas, station master· 7 a.m. & 4.30 p.m. & are dispatched at 8.35 a.m. & Railway Station, Wellfield, John Steinthorpe, station I & 5.40 p.m.; on sundays no delivery or dispatch. master

(Marked thus * receive letters Stonehouse Thos. Mowbray, Brewery *Glass Richard & Sons, brick & til& through Wingate.) Trechmann Charles Otto J.P. Hud­ manufacturers, W rolfield brick wrks. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. worth tower Gray Color-Sergt. Joseph, drill in­ Burdon Col. Rowland V.D., D.L., J.P. W aterhouse Gilbert, Meadow bank structor to F & G Cos. sth Bat­ Castle Eden castle *Weighell Joseph, Wellfield talion Durham Light Infan~ry *Glass John William, W ellfield Hattee Madeline (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hewitt John, Beech wood COMMERCIAL. Henderson James, land steward to- Hunter John, Beech grove Early closing day, Wednesday. Col. Rowland Burdon Keen John Butts Sarah (Mrs.), grocer, Catchgate Herron Francis, registrar of births &I Longden J. Morley M.A., LL.B. The Clark Thomas, farmer, Mill hill deaths Wingate sub-district,Easing- Cottage Clarke Robert, excisE' officer, Mill hill ton union, Factory Magee .T ohn, Burnside Commercial Hotel (Samuel Wil- Heslop John George, road surveyor Moore Maurice, Meadow bank son, proprietor); picnic parties & Hoult George Henry, joiner Nimmo William John, Eden vale tourists to the famous Castle Eden Hugill Charles. blacksmith. Factory Robinson Rev. Frederick Godwin John- Dene specially catered for Keen Robert, tailor, Factory ,....mman Robert, joiner & cartwright son !ILA. RectorY•