Topics > Northumberland > Civil Parishes in Northumberland > Slaley Civil Parish > Slaley Parish, 1855
Slaley Parish, 1855
Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855.
SLALEY PARISH
SLALEY parish is principally the property of W.B. Beaumont, Esq., M.P., James Sillick, Esq., George Carr, Esq., Mr John Blackburne, Mr Thomas Lamb, Mr. T. Teasdale, J.J. Wrightson, and the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. It is a wild and romantic district, lying between the Devil-Water and the Dipton-Burn, and is bounded by the parishes of Corbridge, Bywell, Shotley, and Hexham. It has no dependant townships, is about four miles in length by three in breadth, and comprises an area of 7,430 acres. The population in 1801, was 585; in 1811, 558; in 1821, 582; in 1831, 616; in 1841, 547; and in 1851, 581 souls. The rateable value of the parish is £2,377, and the gross estimated rental £2,981 5s.
THE VILLAGE of Slaley, which is long and scattered, occupies an elevated situation five miles south of Hexham, and is very healthy, the air being pure in consequence of the absence of any works or manufactories likely to impair it. THE CHURCH is a small stone edifice, capable of accommodating about 500 persons. The living is a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry of Northumberland and deanery of Bellingham, valued in the Liber Regis at £15, gross income £109. Patron, W. B. Beaumont, Esq., M.P.: incumbent, the Rev. B. Hurst. The parish register commences in 1714. The Wesleyan Methodists have a Chapel here. SLALEY SCHOOL was erected by subscription, and endowed with a rent charge of £3 10s. per annum, by will of M. Carr, in 1729. Mr. Milton Carr, teacher.
CHARITIES. Besides the school, this parish possesses the following bequests and donations, viz: a rent charge of £2 per annum left to the poor by Dame Elizabeth Radcliffe, in 1688; a rent charge of £5 yearly bequeathed to the poor, in 1729, by Matthew Carr; a rent charge of £1 10s. given by Esther Allgood, for the same purpose; and a rent charge of £2 per annum left by the Rev. George Ritschell, for the poor of Slaley parish.
DUKESFlELD is a hamlet in this parish, one mile and a half W.S.W. of Slaley.
|
Blackburn George, butcher Hornsby J. & T. masons, Broad Pool Hurst Rev. B. incumbent Jewitt Joseph, dyer & bleach er, Dipton Mill Robson J. shopkeeper Teasdale J. miller, Dukesfield Teasdale Mr. Thomas
Blacksmiths Jameson James Jameson Thomas
Boot and Shoemakers Bates James Jewitt William Lamb George
Farmers Bell Giles, White House Bell Robert, Coal Pits Bell Thos. Slaley Wood Foot Burdus Thomas, Coal Pits Burdus William, Dukesfield Blackburn Joseph, Steel Hall Carr Milton, yeoman and schoolmaster Carr William |
Corbett Thomas, Trygill Dixon James, Duke's Hall Ellison Cuthbert Foster John Foster Thomas Hornsby George Lamb Thomas, yeoman Reed Thomas, Pye Hill Robson Matthew, Blackburn Robson J. & W. Robson William Rowell Thomas, Slaley Town Foot Butter Joseph, Wooley Smith Robert, Spring House Taylor William, Marley Coat Walls Walker David, Palm Strothers
Inns Fox and Hounds, John Middleton Foster Rose and Crown, William Allcroft
Joiner and Cartwright Weatherley Johnson
Tailors Jameson Henry, merchant tailor Rouson Thomas, and parish clerk |
CARRIER.-Thomas Swallow, to Newcastle, on Saturdays.
