DIRECTORY.] DURHAM. ·STOCKTON-UPON-TEES 299 Fairs are held on the two Wednesdays next before the 13th Rayson, the trustees of the Greatham Hospital, w'. G. of May (statute), and on the two Wednesdays next before the Strother esq. and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The 23rd of November (statute). soil is clay ; subsoil, clay. The area of the township is Horse races are helcl here in the latter part of August. 3,344A. xR. 23P. ; rateable value, £294,859; the population There are two rowing clubs, a swimming club, and several of the municipal borough in 1881, 41,015; and of the par­ cricket and football clubs. liamentary borought 55,457. Stockton Castle, a fragment of which, eonsisting of a low but massive tower, remains. at the end of the High street, East Hart burn is .a small village and township, in the was erected at a very early date, and here, in 1214, King parish, union and ward of Stockton, ~~ miles west-south­ John visited Bishop Philip de Pictavia (Poictiers): it was west. John Stapylton Button esq. J.P. of Elton Hall, is lord rebuilt in the early qth century by Bishop Kellew, and of the manor and chief landowner. Near Hartburn is a renovated in 1578 by Bishop Barnes: several other bishops. handsome stone drinking fountain and cattle-trough, erected of Durham, from Farnham (1241-9) to Morton (x632-6o), in x886, by Charles Arthur Head esq. J.P. of Hart burn Hall. made this castle a refuge or retreat, but in 1644 it was cap­ The area is 11o2o acres; rateable value, £5,963; the popu­ tured by the Parliamentary forces, and in 1652 was com­ lation in 1881 was 360. pletely dismantled : near where the castle wall met the river a coin of Nero (A.D. 54-68) was found many years since on Preston-on-Tees is a small village and township on the construction of the quay. the north bank of the Tees, in the padsh of Stockton, from Joseph Reed, a dramatic writer, was born here in March, which it is 3 miles south-by-west. The celebrated Whinstone 1723; he died at Stepney, where he was in business as a Dyke here enters Durham from the east-south-east: this is rope maker, in 1787: Joseph Ritson, lawyer and poetical anti- 75 feet wide, and has been quarried to a considerable depth. quary, and some time high bailiff of the Savoy, was also a Preston Hall, beautifully situated on the northern bank of native of this place, where he was born Oct. 2, 1752; he died the Tees, and commanding picturesque and extensive views Sept. 3, x8o3. of the surrounding country, is the seat of Major Robert Toe chief landowners are the trustees of R. Welsh esq. Ropner J.P. who is lord of the manor and principal land­ George Gilpin Brown, John Trotter, Thomas Garbutt's owner. The area is 1,180 acres; rateable value, £6,x81; trustees, Ann Waldy, Thomas Hustler, Messrs. Gray and · the population in x881 was 163. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Norton Road, 'J. Power, 6, 8.45 &- II.50 a.m. & ~.20, 6.go, Central Office, Mill lane.-John Stanton Brown1 post- 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.; sunday, 4.30 p.m f master Portrack Lane, Robert Bolton, 8 a. m. & 2. 15, 6 & 8.45 p.m HouRs OF BusiNEss.-Sale of postal orders•. week days, 7 Tilery Terrace, J. Shields, 8.40 & xx.3o a.ni. & 2.20, 6.l5 & a.m. to 10 p.m. Payment of postal orders, week days, 9 g.15 p.m.; sunday, 4 'p.m a.m. to 10p.m. Parcel post, weekdays, 7a.m. to xop.m.; Yarm Lane, A. Holmes, 6, 8.40 & 11.45 a.m. & 2.40, 6.30, Sale of inland revenue stamps & licences, week days, 9 a. m. 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.; sunday, 4.30 p.m · to 6 p.m. Money orders, savings bank, annuity & insur- *Norton, n.xo a. m. & 3, 6.15 & 9 p.m.; sunday, 4.40 )).m ance, week days, 9 a.m. to 6 p. m. Sale of postage stamps, • Telellraph offices open from 8 a. m. to 8 p.m. registration of letters, delivery of letters from private Postal orders are paid from 9 a. m. to 8 p.m. No attend- boxes & 'to callers, week days, 7 a.tn. to 10 p.m. ; sundays, ance is given on sundays, except at Norton, which is open 7 to ro a. m. & 5 to 6 p.m. Telegrams, week days, 7 from 8 to 10 a.m. for postal & telegraph busine!!s · a.m. to Io p.m.; sundays, 7 to 10 a.m. & 5 to 6 p.m. .,.,.. b f p . 0 1 Telegrams can btJ forwarded after official hours upon appli- ..... em er 8.1' lament. cation to Mr. R. A. Hudson, 43 Sidney street Sir Horace Davey Q.c., It.!. Blackdown house, Haslemere; lliQUIRIES.-Complaints of postal irregularities & official & 1:0 Queen's Gate gardens, London s w inquiries Qf every-description are attended to from 10 a. m. Returning Officer, The Mayor to 4 p.m To County Magistrates for South West Division of . ARRIVALS. cax!~rs. Callers. Stockton Ward Petty Sessional DivisiOJL Local posts ............................... 7.20 a. m. 7. 20 a. m. Londonderry Marquess of K.G., P.c. Wynyard park. Durham London & all parts ..................... 7.20 , 7.20 , Blair George Young esq. 149 HiWo street, Stockton Ireland.................................... 1.25 p.m~· u.15 , Deuton Richard Copeland esq. orton ho. Stockton-on-Tees London & the South. Scotland & Fowler Marshal! esq. Redcar the North, Darlington& the West, Hogg John J. esq. (Joatham, Redcar Middlesbrough, Hartlepools,Red- Hutchinson Thomas esq. Norton car & Saltburn........................ x. 25 , 1.25 p.m. Mills John esq. Newham hall, Stockton-on-Tees London & all parts .................... , 5.10 , , 5.0 , Ord Richard esq. M. A. Sands hall, Sedgefield, l''erry Hilt Newcastle & North, Middlesbrough, Page-Page John William esq. Norton; Stockton-on-Tees Redcar & Saltburn ; London, Pearse Montjoy esq. Elmwood, Hartburn Leeds, Manchester, York, Dar- Ricbardson Joseph esq. n.t... Potto hall, Nortballerton lington, Hartlepools ........... ... 8.o , s.o " Sowerby John Page esq. Stokesley On sunday only one delivery by letter caniers, commencing Sutton John Stapylton esq. Elton hall, Stock ton-on-Tees ut 8.50 a. m. Letters delivered at window, a. 50 a. m • Wrightson Thomas esq. Norton hall, Stockton-on-'fees DEPARTURES. Clerk to the Magistrates, Wm. R. Fawt:ett, 20 I<'inkle st Middlesbrough & Redcar, 5.30 a..m. (extra stamp, 5.30 Petty sessions are held at the Police court every alternate a. m.); Newcastle, Scotland, North & Ireland, 9 .25 a. m. Wednesday at 12 noon. The following places are included (extra stamp, 9.30 a.m.); Darlington & North, 10 a.m. in the division :-Aislaby, Bishopton, Hiltingham, Brad- ( extra stamp, xo.s a. m.); Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, bury, Butterwick, Carlton, Cowpen Bewley, Egglescliffe, Wakefield, London, South of England & York, 10.20 a. m. Eltan, Elstob, Embleton, !<'ish burn, l''oxton, Uarmond- (extra stamp, xc.25 a.m.); Middlesbrough & Hartlepools, sway Moor, Hartburn, Ha.verton Hill, Long Newton, Uuisborough, Saltburn & Redcar,u.xo a.m.(extrastamp, Mordon, Newbiggin (£ast & West), Newton Bewley, II.15 a.m.); Darlington, Leeds, Liverpool, North of Newsham, Norton, Preston-on-Tees, Redmarshall, Shot- England, Scotland & Ireland, London, South & West of ton, Sedgefield, Stanton (Great/ & Little), Stillington, • England, 12.20 p.m. (extra stamp, 12.25 p.m.); New- Stockton, Thorp, Whitton, Wolviston & hamlets within castle & North, 3.x5 p.m. (extra stamp, 3.20 p.m.); these places Whitby, York, Hartlepool East & West, Manchester, Magistrates for the Borough. Lancashire & Cumberland ; Middlesbrough & Redcar, Saltburn & Yarm, 3·45 p.m. (extra stamp, 3.50 p.m.); Ainsworth Thomas Hume, 9 Oxford terrace, Nort.on roai Darlington West mail, 5.40 p.m. (extra stamp, 5·55 p.m.); Barugh Jasper, Cromer lodge; Yarm lane Middlesbrough, 6.50 p.m. (extra stamp, 6.50 p.m.); Lon- Beatty William John, I Rosslyn terrdce, Yarm road don & all parts, 6.50 p.m. (extra stamp, 7.10 p.m.); Benington William, Runswell Middlesbrough, 9.20 p.m. (extra stamp, 9.25 p.m.); Benington William Henry, 3 Paradise row London & all parts, 10 p.m. Sundays, letters for dis- Brown James, 2~ The Square patch can be posted for Middlesbrough & Redcar up to 7 .Byers Joshua Stagg, I Paradise row a. m. ; London & all parts, 5.30 p.m. (extra stamp, 5·45 Craggs John Franms, xo Varo terrace p.m) Crosby Arthur H. Greylands, Norton RECEIVIN<l OFFICES & M. 0., S. B. & Postal Order Office.- Dale John, Bishopton lane Hours of collection: Dennes Porter, Marham Field, Hartburn Cecil Street, Mrs. Charlotte Nicholas, 6, 8.40 & r1.45 a.m. Dodds Matthew B, Yarm road & 2.15, 6 & 9.15 p.m H~nder:>on Edward, 7 Paradise row *High Street, Charles Brown, 6, 9, 10 &. 12 a..m. & :a.45, 6.30, Hmd Rtc~ard, 6 West End terrace 7.20 & g.3o p.m.; sunday, 4.30 p.m . Mellanby Thomas, H~rtburn house, Hartbum .