Earsdon Parish, 1855

EARSDON PARISH EARSDON, a. parish comprising the townships of Backworth, Blyth and Newsham, Burradon, Earsdon, Hartley, Holywell, Seaton Delaval, and Sighill, is bounded on the north by Bedlingtonshire, on the west by Long Benton, Cramlington, and Horton, on the south by Tynemouth and on the east by the German Ocean. It is a rich and fertile district abounding with excellent stone and coal, of which great quantities are annually exported from Blyth and Hartley. The surface of the parish consists of gentle undulations, and is well suited for various kinds of agricultural produce. It is about seven and a half miles in length by six in breadth, and comprises an area of 11,646 acres, The population in 1801, was 3,651; in 1811, 4,388; in 1821, 4,644; in 1831, 6,460; in 1841, 9,429; and in 1851, it had increased to 10,982 souls.

EARSDON TOWNSHIP

EARSDON is a township and village in the parish of the same name, the property of the Duke of Northumberland, Hugh Taylor, Esq. and others. The township embraces an area of 1,769 acres, and its rateable value is £2,279. 10s. The number of inhabitants in 1801, was 206; in 1811, 215; in 1821, 261; in 1831, 628; in 1841, 683; and in 1851, 551 souls. The manor of Earsdon was formerly the property of. the priors of Tynemouth, as was also the parish tithes, with the exception of six shillings paid to the Abbey of St. Alban. The Duke of Northumberland is the present possessor of the manorial rights and privileges.</p

THE VILLAGE of Earson is pleasantly situated on a rocky eminence, two and a half miles W. from the sea, and four miles N.W. by N. from North Shields. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Alban, the proto-martyr of Britain, is a neat structure in the early English style of architecture, erected in 1836, at a cost of £2,200. It is situated at the east end of the site of the former church which was pulled down after the erection of the present structure. It contains 600 sittings, 200 of which are free, and being situated on an eminence, its tower can be discerned at a considerable distance by both sea and land. It was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Durham on the 12th of October, 1837. The parish register commences in 1589. The living, a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and deanery of Newcastle, is valued in the Liber Regis at £11; gross income, £119 Rev. Henry Warkman, incumbent. The patronage is vested in the proprietors of the various estates throughout the parish.

The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here.

Directory

POST 0FFlCE, EARSDON, Michael Coleman, Postmaster. Letters arrive here from Newcastle at 10 a.m. and are despatched thereto at 5-30 p.m.