Gateshead District, 1855

GATESHEAD DISTRICT

BARRINGTON PLACE is a hamlet in the parish of Gateshead, situated about three-fourths of a mile south of Tyne Bridge. 

BENSHAM is also a hamlet in the same parish, one mile and a half S.W. of Gateshead. ST. CUTHBERT'S CHURCH is situated at the angle formed by the road leading down to Bensham, with the Hexham Turnpike Road. It was erected in 1844, as a chapel of ease to St. Mary's, Gateshead, the service being performed by the clergymen of the mother church.

BILL QUAY is a village on the south side of the Tyne, in the township of Lower Heworth. It is situated about four miles east of Gateshead. Here is a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. 

BLAYDON, a village in the township of Winlaton, is situated on the Tyne, at the confluence of a small burn, five miles west of Gateshead. It contains a church dedicated to St. Cuthbert, a Primitive, and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, a National School, and a Mechanics' Institute. Here is also a station on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. The BLAYDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTE was erected by subscription in 1852, the cost being upwards of £600. It is a handsome and commodious structure, in a modern style of architecture, and, comprises a reading-room, library, and a large lecture-hall; the latter is used as a school during the week, and as a place of worship by the Wesleyan Methodist Reformers on Sundays. The news-room is well supplied with the various metropolitan and provincial journals, periodicals, etc., and the library contains upwards of 400 volumes in general literature. Joseph Cowen, Esq. and Mr. James Eadie, secretaries; Mr. Joseph Elliott, librarian, 

BLUE QUARRIES is a hamlet in the parish of Gateshead, situated near Sheriff Hill, about two and a half miles S. by E. of Tyne Bridge.

CARR'S HILL is a pleasantly situated village, in Upper Heworth and Gateshead townships, one mile and a half S. by E. of Gateshead. 

DUNSTON, a populous village in Whickham parish, is situated on the river Team, two miles W.S.W. of Gateshead, where there are several coal staiths, belonging to different collieries. Here are chapels belonging to the Methodist New Connexion, and to the Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, as also a National School. At Dunston Hill, a little to the south of the village, is Carr Villa, the seat of Cuthbert Carr, Esq., commanding a fine view of Newcastle and the adjacent country.

FELLING (HIGH), a village in the township of Nether Heworth, and parish of Jarrow, is situated two miles S.E. of Gateshead. The Independents, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans, have chapels here. 

FELLING (LOW) is also a village in the same township and parish as High Felling. It is about two miles E. by S. of Newcastle, and possesses a Catholic church, a School, a Railway station, etc. Here are extensive chemical works and other manufactories.

FELLING SHORE is a populous district two and a half miles east of Gateshead, possessing quays for shipping grindstones, and several manufactories. There are two chapels here belonging to the Methodist New Connexion and Wesleyan Methodists. 

GATESHEAD HIGH FELL is situated two and a half miles, and GATESHEAD LOW FELL two and a quarter miles, south of Tyne Bridge. At Low Fell there is a Methodist New Connexion Chapel, and one belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists. There is also a public School, Library, and Lecture rooms. 

HEBBURN is a village in the parish of Jarrow and township of Monkton, situated four and a half miles E. by S. of Gateshead. It contains two chapels belonging respectively to the Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, and a school for the children of those who are employed in the collieries of this neighbourhood.

HEBBURN QUAY is situated a little to the north of Hebburn village vast quantities of ballast are deposited here from the ships coming into the Tyne. Hebburn and the surrounding neighbourhood was formerly the property of the monastery of Jarrow. 

HEWORTH (NETHER) is a chapelry township and village in the parish of Jarrow. The chapelry and township, which are coextensive, comprise an area of 2,853 acres, and the population in 1801, was 2,887; in 1811, 2,905; in 1821. 3,921;  in 1831, 5,424; in 1841, 7,008; and in 1851, 8,869 souls. This increase of population is owing to the opening of a new colliery and the establishment of manufactories. THE VILLAGE of Heworth is situated about two miles and three-quarters E.S.E. of Newcastle. The Church is a handsome structure in the Gothic style, erected in 1822 at a cost of £2,026, and in consequence of a grant having been received from the Society for Promoting the Enlargement of Churches, 620 sittings are free and unappropriated for ever. In the burial ground attached to this church is a monumental stone, commemorating a dreadful accident which occurred at Felling Colliery, in May 1812, when ninety-one persons were killed by an explosion of fire-damp. This chapelry was erected into a District Parish in, February 1843. The living, a curacy in the archdeaconry of Durham, and. deanery of Chester, is in the patronage of T. Brown, Esq. and others. Incumbent, the Rev. John Henry Butt.

HEWORTH (HIGH) is a village situated about three-quarters of a mile S. of Heworth Nether. It contains a few scattered houses, and commands an 'extensive view of the river Tyne. HEWORTH SHORE is, as it’s name implies, on the banks of the river, two miles and a half E. by S. of Gateshead, adjoining Felling Shore on the east. Here are numerous manufactories of various kinds, which afford employment to a considerable number of persons.

MONKTON is a township and village in Jarrow parish, about one mile S. of Hebburn. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Jarrow, and a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

PELAW MAIN is a hamlet in the township of Heworth, four miles east of Gateshead, on the west of Hebburn Quay.

SHERIFF HILL, or GATESHEAD FELL, is situated about two miles south of Gateshead. Here is St John's District Parish church, which was erected in 1825, at a cost of £3,339. It contains 1,000 sittings, half of which. are free and unappropriated. The living, a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry of Durham and deanery of Chester, is in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham, and incumbency of the Rev. William Atkinson, M.A. 

STELLA is a township and village in Ryton Parish, comprising 319 acres, its population in 1801, was 314; in 1811, 385; in 182l, 421; in J831, 482; in 1841, 563; in 1851, 565 souls. THE VILLAGE of Stella is situated on the Tyne, six miles west of Newcastle. Here is a neat Catholic Church, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Thomas, attached to which are schools for both sexes. 

SWALWELL is a township and village in Whickham parish. The population of the township in 1811, was 1,393; in 1821, 1,320; in 1831, I,372; in 1841, 1,611; and in 1851, 1,429 souls. This decrease of population is ascribed to the closing of the large iron works which formerly existed here. Swalwell was formerly the property of a family which bore the local name, from whom it passed to the Thorntons, and subsequently was possessed by the Lumleys. THE VILLAGE of Swalwell is situated about four miles W.by S. of Gateshead. Here are chapels belonging to the Presbyterians, Primitive, and Wesleyan Methodists, and the Wesleyan Reformers. There is also a Charity School and a Mechanics' Institute, and Library, J. Armstrong, librarian. 

TEAMS is a hamlet situated about two miles west of Gateshead. Here is a chapel belonging to the Methodist New Connexion.

WICKHAM is a parish in the west division of Chester Ward, three miles W.S.W. of Gateshead, east of the river Derwent, and south of the river Tyne, and the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. It contains the townships of Fellside, Lowside, Swalwell, and Whickham, whose united area is 5,993 acres. The population of the parish in 1801, was 3,659; in 1811, 3,746; in 1821, 3,713; in 1831. 3,848.; in 1841, 4,319; and in 1851, 5,565 souls. The number of inhabitants in the township of Whickham in 1801 was 758; in 1811, 788; in 1B31, 873: in 1841, 923; and in 1851, 910 souls. The manor is held by lease of the Bishop of Durham. THE VILLAGE of Whickham is well built, and some of the houses stand on the brink of a steep descent, which commands a beautiful prospect of the vale of Tyne from Newburn to Newcastle. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient and beautiful building. The living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Durham and deanery of Chester, is valued in the Liber Regis at £20. 8s. 11½d; gross income £803. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. Rector, the Rev. Henry B. Carr, M.A. The Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists have chapels here. This parish possesses several day schools, one of which is endowed with £10 per annum, and another is partly supported by the Bishop of Durham. The Day and Sunday school is endowed for the instruction of thirty poor children. It was founded in 1711, by the Rev. Robert Tomlinson, D.D., sometime rector of this parish, and derives its income from sundry bequests left by him and others, partly from the rental of certain galleries and pews in the church, partly from subscriptions, and partly from small payments made by the children. The school-room was considerably enlarged by Archdeacon Bowyer. The endowments of this Charity, at the time of the Charity Commissioners' Report, yielded £14. per annum. 

WINDY NOOK is a hamlet in the township of Upper Heworth, and parish of Jarrow, situated two and three quarter miles S.E. of Gateshead. Here is a Chapel of Ease dedicated to St. A1ban,_the proto-martyr of Britain, a Methodist New Connexion Chapel, and St Alban's Schools. 

WINLATON is a parish, township, and village, in the western division of Chester Ward. The parish comprises the townships of Chopwell and Winlaton, which, previous to 1841, were returned as part of Ryton parish, and whose united area is 8,261 acres. Its population in 1801, was 3,367: in 1811, 3,354; in 1821. 3,532: in 1831, 3,951; in 1841, 5,326; and in 1851, 6,085 souls. The township of Winlaton contains 5,111 acres, and the number of its inhabitants in 1801, was 3,021 ; in 1811, 3,063; in 1821, 3,Q95; in 1831, 3,951; in 1841, 5,006: and in 1851, 5,627 souls. THE VILLAGE of Winlaton is situated on the west side of the Derwent, six miles west of Gateshead. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Paul, is an elegant Gothic structure, erected in 1828, from a design by Ignatius Bonomi, Esq. at a cost of £2,500. The living is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Durham, and deanery of Chester, gross income £356. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. Rector, the Rev. Henry Wardle, M.A. There is an Independent church formed in 1831, and the Presbyterians, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, have places of worship here. The village also possesses a Mechanics' Institution, and a Subscription Library.

WREKENTON is a hamlet in Gateshead parish, situated about three and a quarter miles south of Gateshead. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels here. There are also the Barrington, and the National Schools. 

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