Bishop Auckland Durham Family History Guide

BISHOP AUCKLAND is a market and union town, township, chapelry, polling place for the Southern division of the county, and head of a county court district, 260 miles from London, 25 south from Newcastle on Tyne, 10 from Durham, 12 north from Darlington, and 62 north from York, in the parish of Auckland St Andrew, north west division of Darlington ward, northern division of Darlington, rural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham.

Bishop Auckland Parish Registers

Death and Burial Records

Bishop Auckland Burials 1831-1988

Crime & Punishment

The following people from Bishop Auckland have been found in the records of the early 1900s of Criminals arrested at North Shields in Tynemouth Northumberland. The link will take you to the page on this site that lists details of their crimes and see what they looked like.

James White seaman arrested for thefts from the Tyne Sailors Home

View All People from the Collection Criminal Faces of North Shields

Poll Books

North Durham Poll Book Nov. 1868 Register of Voters for the Northern Division of the County of Durham 1868-9 and Poll taken 26 November 1868. Printed for Richard Laurence Pemberton, of the Barnes, and Hawthorn Tower, by Thomas Reed and Company, Sunderland. 1869. Publisher: Richard Laurence Pemberton Date of publication: 1869 – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Historical Directory Transcriptions

Bishop Auckland Post Office Directory of Durham 1879

BISHOP AUCKLAND is a market and union town, township, chapelry, polling place for the Southern division of the county, and head of a county court district, 260 miles from London, 25 south from Newcastle on Tyne, 10 from Durham, 12 north from Darlington, and 62 north from York, in the parish of Auckland St Andrew, north west division of Darlington ward, northern division of Darlington, rural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham.

The North Eastern railway has a station here. Auckland is governed by a local board of health. The county magistrates sittings are held at the Justice room every Monday. The police form part of the general force for the county. The town is paved, lighted with gas, and supplied with water, it is situated on a high hill, washed on the north by the river Wear, and on the south east by the Gaunless, and occupies a healthy position at the confluence of that stream with the Wear, which is here crossed by the high level railway bridge. The views are extensive.

The ecclesiastical parish of St Peter was formed in the year 1872; the church a fine stone building situated in Princes street, was built in 1875, at a of £7,000; it consists of nave, aisles and apse, and will seat 550 persons. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham the Crown alternately, and held by the Rev Darnell Croudace, B.A. of University College, Durham.

King James Free Grammar school was founded by Royal charter in 1605, on the petition of Dame Ann Swyftę, for the education of boys in Notts Auckland or Bishop Auckland.

There is also a school endowed by the late Bishop Barrington for boys, erected in the Market place in 1810; number of boys, nearly 300; 30 free and partially clothed by the trustees of the late Bishop Crewe; a National school for girls and infants, situated in the Southchurch road; the Society of Friends have a school in South terrace, founded by the late Edward Walton, a member of that body, and there are also Catholic and Wesleyan day schools.

Here is a Catholic chapel, a Presbyterian church and a United Methodist Free church; also places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyan Methodists, Wesleyan Association, Primitive and Congregational, and a meeting house for the Society of Friends.

The Alms houses in Silver street, founded by Bishop Cosin, are for four poor men and women, who receive about £10 per year from property situated in the town, besides a rent charge upon an estate in Allertonshire; also £8 annually from Lord Crewe’s trustees, and £20 from Bishop Barrington’s charities; the head-houses were enlarged by Bishop Maltby in the year 1845.

The trade is in coal and iron’ in the neighbourhood are a number of coal mines, employing a large number of the population. There are a mechanics institute, and musical, and floral and horticultural, and agricultural societies.

The Temperance hall in Victoria street was opened in the year 1877; it is a fine stone building, and will seat about 600 people; it was erected by public subscription at a cost of £4,000, and is principally used for public entertainments.

The Bishop Auckland Times and Herald published in this town every Friday morning.

Here are the head quarters of the 4th Durham Rifle Volunteers, commanded by Captain V Hutchinson.

There are two banks, viz J Backhouse & Co and the National and Provincial; the former have a handsome building in the Marketplace.

The market is held on Thursday, and is well attended; and there are two fairs in March and Octobe,r for cattle and horses; also four statute or hiring days for servants, held on the two Thursdays next before May 13th and before November 13th.

The township contains 1,919 acres; rateable value, £36,820 the population of the town in 1861, was 6,480, and of the township, 7,279; and in 1871 was 10,112.

POLLARD’S LANE township is mostly included with this town; it has an area or 458 acres; rateable value, £3,499; and population in 1871, of 583.

Parish Clerk Adam Tomlinson South Church road

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR NORTH WEST PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION OF DARLINGTON WARD
Rev George Pearson Wilkinson chairman
Henry Chayter esg
Col Hall
HE Surtees esq
J Jobson esq
Col Surtees
WC Stobart esq
Major Hodgson
Sir W Eden bart
Rev BA Wilkinson
H S Stobart esq
G. I. L. Blenkinsopp esq

Magistrates Office, Market place
Clerk, Richard Bowser

INSURANCE AGENTS:-
British Equitable Life J Copeland Victoria street
Briton Fire & Life C Wade 2 Belvedere terrace
Briton Medical & General & Britannia Fire, T Hull, 16 Durham chare
Commercial Union T Townend Newgate street
Imperial Fire & Life G Maw jun 35 High Bondgate
London General Accident C Wade 2 Belvedere terrace
London Guarantee & Accident T Hull 16 Durham chare
Manchester Fire & National Provident Life JA Bainbridge 11 Princes street
Queen J Coates 8 & 9 Newgate street
Royal, W Harrison 50 Bondgate
Scottish Provident Institution W Wilkinson South Church
Sovereign Life R Underwood; M Hammond
Standard Life B Boulton, Backhouse & Co s Bank, Market place
Sun Fire RH Harburn 71 Bondgate

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS
County Court, Edgar John Meynell, esq Durham, judge; William Woodman, esq of Morpeth, treasurer; Thomas Dundas Bruce, esq registrar & high bailiff

The County Court is held in the Sessions house once every mouth, and comprises the following places within its jurisdiction, viz.: Auckland Bishop, Auckland St Andrew, Auckland St Helen’s, Auckland West, Bedburn North, Bedburn South, Billy hill, Binchester, Byer’s green, Bolam, Coundon Old and New, Coundon Grange, Crook and Billy Row, Eldon, Evenwood and Barony, Escomb Etherley, Fyland’s bridge, Fir Tree, Grahamsley, Hamsterley, Hunwich and Helmington, Helmington Row, Howdon le Wear, Lynesack and Softley, Middlestone, Merrington, Middridge, Middridge Grange, Morley, Newfield, Newton Cap, Old Park, Pollard’s Lands, Rumby hill, Rushyford, Shildon Old and New, Spennymoor, Thickley East, Toft hill, Tottenham, Westerton, Wheatbottom, Windlestone, Windlestone Moor, Whitworth, Witton le Wear, and Woodham.

Coroner’s Office, 56 North Bondgate, Thomas Dean, esq. coroner; John T Proud, esq. deputy coroner

Durham 4th Rifle Volunteers, Head Quarters, V Hutchinson, capt. commdng; Fredk Fox, drill instructor

Stamp Office 38 High Bondgate William Lambert distributor

The Club Low Tenters street George Stillman treasurer

Theatre Royal Newgate st Robert Addison proprietor

Police Station High Bondgate Thomas Banks supntndt

Office of Inland Revenue 16 Low Tenters street Lewis Drennen supervisor

Masonic Hall Co Lim 58 Newgate st John Brown sec

Town Hall & Market Co Limited Robert Calvert sec

BISHOP AUCKLAND UNION

The Auckland union comprises 58,209 acres and a population in 1871 of 69,153 and includes the following places : Auckland Bishop, Auckland St Andrew, Auckland St Helen’s, Auckland West, Bedburn North, Bedburn South, Binchester, Bolam, Byers Green, Coundon, Coundon Grange, Crook and Billy Row, Eldon, Evenwood, Escomb, Hamsterley, Hunwick and Elmington, Helmington Row, Lynesack and Softley, Merrington, Middleston, Middridge, Middridge Grange, Newfield, Newton Cap, Old Park, Pollard’s Lands, Shildon, Stanley, Thickley East, Westerton, Windlestone, Whitworth and Witton le Wear.
Board days alternate thursdays

Clerk to the Guardians Thomas Dundas Bruce, North Bondgate
Assistant Overseers, Thomas Robson, Surtees st. for Bishop Auckland district; Samuel Adams, 14 Edward street, for Pollard’s Land
Vaccination Officers, Joseph Jopling, Victoria street for Bishop Auckland district; & John Thompson for Hamsterley district
Relieving Officers, John Wilkinson, Albert hill, for Bishop Auckland district; William Crosby, for West Auckland district; James Sanderson, for Whitworth district; John Joel, for Crook district
Medical Officers, V Hutchinson, Bishop Auckland; Saml. Fielden, Old Shildon; Chas Allworthy, Toft hill; Wm B Kilburn, West Auckland; G O McKane, Byers green; A Mackay, Crook; RT Manson, Howden-le-Wear; AV Williamson, Witton park; Robert S Anderson, Spennymoor
Superintendent Registrar, Thos. Dean 56 North Bondgate
Registrars of Births & Deaths, Joseph Jopling, Victoria st. Bishop Auckland; Jsph E Townend, West Auckland
Registrars of Marriages, JC Hendy 56 North Bondgate; & Joseph Jopling Victoria street
Workhouse, John Wild, master; Mrs Elizabeth Wild, matron; Rev Robert Long, MA chaplain; Valentine Hutchinson, surgeon; Miss Hannah Davidson & Miss Jane Best, assistant schoolmistresses

LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH
Clerk John T Proud
Inspector of Nuisances Henry Dowson
Surveyor & Collector Robert Lindsay
Medical Officer John Jobson

RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY
Clerk, Thomas Dundas Bruce, North Bondgate
Surveyor William Robson Albert hill
Officers of Health, G O McKane Byers grn; WB Kilburn, West Auckland; & V Hutchinson, Bishop Auckland
Inspector of Nuisances, William Robson: & Thomas Whitlock assistant inspector

PUBLIC OFFICERS :-
Clerk to Bishop Auckland Highway Board, Thomas Dundas Bruce, 56 North Bondgate
Coroner Thomas Dean esq North Bondgate
Deputy Coroner John T Proud Market place
Inspector of Weights & Measures, Superintendent Thomas Banks Police Station
Distributor of Stamps, William Lambert Speak, 38 High Bondgate
Town Crier, Arthur Charles Garner, Bondgate

PLACES OF WORSHIP :-
Bishop’s Chapel
St Anne’s Chapel of Ease Rev Robert Long MA Rev William Crook Noyes Rev James Crabtree & Rev Thomas Hodgson assist priest
St Peter’s Church Rev Wm Darnell Croudace BA vicar
Presbyterian Church Southchurch road Rev Thomas Boyd BA minister
Catholic Chapel West road Rev Richard Singleton priest Rev Richard Hannen assistant priest
Friends Meeting House Newgate street
Baptist Chapel Waldron st Rev RF Handford minister
Congregational Chapel Victoria street
Primitive Methodist Chapel High Tenters street
Primitive Methodist Chapel Etherley lane
United Methodist Free Church South road Rev R minister
Wesleyan Chapel North Bondgate
Wesleyan Chapel Newton Cap Bank

SCHOOLS :-
King James Free Grammar, R Bowser esq (chairman) W Edgar, esq. V Hutchinson, esq. MD Rev R Long, MAR Nelson, esq. WC Stobart, esq. JP Major Hodgson, JP J Jobson, esq JPG Marley, esq Mr M Richley, RD Ward, esq (governors) Ernest K Limoelan, BA. University of London, head master; S Francis Ellaby, BA St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, second master; Joseph S Cooper BA St Peter’s College Cambridge senior assistant master; WH Saville second assistant master; FH Seniors third assistant master; H Burrows drawing master (certificated art master South Kensington); Mr JH Brotherton music mstr; Sergt-maj F Fox drilling mstr
Bishop Barrington’s (boys) Market place, Matthias Hammond, head master; Saml Jennings assistant master
St Ann’s National (girls & infants), Southchurch road, Miss Annie Johnson, mistress; Miss Helen Meynell, infants mistress
British (mixed) South ter. Stephen Alex Oliver, master
Wesleyan (mixed) Russell street, John Bramwell, master; Miss M Raw, mistress
Catholic, West road, Miss Margaret Hickey, mistress

NEWSPAPERS :-
Auckland Times & Herald (published on fridays) 53 Market place, Wm John Cammins, proprietor & publisher

CONVEYANCE :-
Railway Station, William Crawford, station master; Miss Jane Ann Crawford, manager of refreshment rooms; Thomas Pickering, goods agent
Omnibuses from all the hotels to meet the trains
Omnibuses from Three Tuns, Newgate street, to Spenny moor, week days at 7 am & 11 am; 4.15 pm & 6 pm Thomas Adamson & John Moore proprietors; on sundays at 9 am & 6 pm Matthew Taylor proprietor
CARRIERS: – Sutton & Co carriers of parcels to London, M Braithwaite, agent, Market place

PRIVATE RESIDENTS

Airey John Victoria street
Allan William Albert hill
Armstrong John 30 High Bondgate
Armstrong Mrs 24 South Church road
Armstrong Peter 1 Hexham street
Arnold Andrew Low Tenters street
Askwith Robert CE Clarence villas
Atkinson William 42 Gibbon street

Bacon James 6 Cockton Hill terrace
Badcock Frederick 7 Low Tenters st
Bigland John Bedford lodge
Booth Williain 15 Low Tenters street
Bowman Robert Victoria street
Bowser Richard 10 Market place
Boyd Rev Thomas BA Presbyterian The Manse 1 Princes street
Boyd Alfred Alexander Victoria street
Braithwaite Matt 1 High Tenters st
Braithwaite Mrs 18 Edward street
Braithwaite Thos M 3 Mount Pleasant
Braithwaite Thomas W Gaunless bank Durham chare
Briggs George Edward Clyde terrace
Broadwell Mrs 21 South Church road
Brown John 8 Cockton Hill terrace
Brown Joseph Clyde terrace
Brown William 19 Castle square
Bruce Thomas Dandas, Surtees street
Burnell John Albert hill

Call Mrs Phoenix ter South Church rd
Calvert Mrs 4 George street
Campbell Mrs Clyde terrace
Canney Miss 17 Market place
Canney Miss 6 Princes street
Canney William 41 High Bondgate
Carrick John 12 Waldron street
Carrick Miss 9 Princes street
Copeland James Victoria street
Crake John 12 Hexham street
Crawford William Albert hill
Croudace Rev William Darnell BA vicar of St Peter’s Victoria street
Cummins Wm John Clarence villas

Davison Mark 2 Cockton Hill terrace
Dimond Rev Richard United Methodist Free Church 34 Cradock st
Dowson William Albert hill
Drennen Lewis Station view
Duff Theophilus R., 47 North Bondgate
Durham Rt Rev Lord Bishop of, DD Auckland castle

Edgar Wm Hawthorne ho Tenters st
Edwards Miss 1 Russell street
Ellaby S Francis BA [second master of King James 1 Grammar school] South Church road
Etherington Mrs 12 Market place

Featherstone Peter South Church road
Foster Henry Hill crest
Fothergill Thomas 6 Belvedere terrace
Frank Frederick John Victoria street

Gardiner George Albert hill
Gardiner John Albert hill
Garthwaite Augustus Fredk Clarence ter
Gibson Mrs South Church road
Goodall John 4 Cockton Hill terrace
Gray John 7 Cockton Hill terrace
Gray John E South Church lane
Gray Robert South Church lane

Hall Anthony 36 High Bondgate
Hall Mrs 31 South Church road
Hannen Rev Richard [Catholic] Hexham street
Harburn Rd Hind, 18 High Bondgate
Hedley Robert 3 Wear terrace
Hendy John Cary Clarence terrace
Heron The Misses 9 Hexham street
Hoyle Addison Albert hill
Hudson William Vickers street
Hutchinson Valentine MD The Elms

Jacob Isaac Clyde terrace
Jobson John JP 11 Market place
Johnson Ralph 44 Newgate street
Jones Mrs 3 Waldron street
Joplin Mrs 100 Newgate street

Kellett Henry Nicholson 11 Waldron st
Kellett John Victoria street
Kilburn Henry West house
Kilburn John 12 Princes street
Kilburn Nicholas Ninefields
Kilburn Nicholas sen 50 Nth Bondgate

Leigh John James Park view
Lightfoot Rt Rev Joseph Barber, DD [Bishop of Durham], Auckland castle
Limoelan Ernest K. BA [head master of King James 1 Grammar school] South Church road
Lingford Joseph 2 Mount pleasant
Lingford Samuel Sutton Clyde house
Long Rev Robert MA [vicar of St Anne] Vicarage Market place
Longstaff Henry 19 Princes street
Longstaff Henry Victoria street
Longstaff Mrs The Cottage South rd
Longstaff Robert 13 Market place
Lowery Mrs Victoria street

McCullagh Thomas Alexander Clarendon house South road
McLoughlan Edward 4 Hexham street
Maddison John 3 Cockton Hill terrace
Mascall Robert Victoria street
Maw George Wear cottage
Maynard J Clarkson MRCP Govnr ho
Monk Mrs 6 Mount pleasant
Morgan Matthew 59 North Bondgate
Morgan Mrs 49 North Bondgate
Moseley Joshua Clyde terrace
Moses Thomas West view

Nelson Mrs South Church lane
Nelson Ralph 55 North Bondgate & Market place
Nevison Thomas Victoria street

Ord Benjamin Thos 20 High Tenters st

Patrick John jun 3 George street
Pearce Richard Charles Clarence street
Pearson Mrs 15 South Church road
Powell Miss 27 Waldron street
Proud John Bank side

Raine The Misses Albert hill
Robson Jeremiah Albion cottage
Robson John 4 Gibbon street
Robson Mrs Albert hill
Robson Mrs 21 Waldron street
Rowlandson Mrs 35 High Tenters st
Rowntree William 50 Marketplace
Rule Robert Renny, CE South road

Salkeld Mrs South Church road
Salkeld Thomas Henry Clyde terrace
Scott Mrs 29 High Bondgate
Scrafton Thomas Bishop, Cradock st
Shanks Mrs 31 High Bondgate
Sibbald Thomas Elm bank
Simpson Rev Joseph [Wesleyan] 1 Mount pleasant
Singleton Rev Richard [Catholic] Hexham street
Smith Matthew Albert Hill terrace
Speak Arthur 11 Hexham street
Speak Mrs 38 High Bondgate
Stillman George Victoria street
Sykes Mrs Springwell villa

Taylor Richard Victoria street
Thompson Edward Victoria street
Thompson John Albert hill
Thompson Miss 13 Hexham street
Thompson Mrs Cockton hill
Thompson Mrs 20 South Church road
Thompson Robert Albert hill
Thompson Wm Vickers Stanley house
Thornburn Hy Field house Cradock st
Thornborough John Lune villa Cradock street
Thwaites Mrs Albert hill
Townend Thomas Francis Clyde terrace
Travers Richard Springwell villa
Turnbull Robert 1 Etherley road

Vart John 16 Waldron street

Wade Mrs 2 Belvedere terrace
Walls Thomas Nelson Park street
Walton John William 3 High Tenters st
Ward Richard Danvers Castlegate
Watson Charles Etherley road
Watson Mrs 39 High Bondgate
Whitfield Thomas 18 Princes street
Wilkinson Mrs 8 Low Tenters street
Wilkinson Mrs 2 Wear terrace
Williams Rev Daniel [Wesleyan] Victoria street

Young Geo B Bruce villa Cradock st

COMMERCIAL

Abbott Abraham travelling draper 43 Gibbon street
Abbott Isaac shoe maker 23 High Bondgate
Abbott James beer retailer Etherley lane
Adams Samuel assistant overseer for Pollard’s land & deputy registrar of marriages 14 Edward street
Adams William builder High Bondgate
Adamson Elizabeth Mrs Three Blue Bells 42 Newgate
Addison Robert Theatre tavern Newgate street
Aitchison John Gordon officer of inland revenue 9 Waldron st
Alderson Elizabeth Mrs Wheatsheaf 14 Bondgate
Allan Christopher & John boot & shoe makers 69 Bondgate
Allan William fruiterer & game dealer 63 Bondgate
Allinson Thomas Travellers Rest Wearside
Andell John chimney sweep Newton Capbank
Andell William chimney sweep Newton Capbank
Armstrong John & Co grocers & provision merchants Newgate street
Armstrong David farmer Cockton hill
Armstrong John grocer & provision dealer 28 South road
Armstrong Joseph tailor 35 Market place
Armstrong Peter fancy draper 109 Newgate street
Armstrong William furniture broker Town Hall buildings
Arnold Andrew surgeon Low Tenters street
Arnold Mark fruiterer Bridge street
Arthur Caroline Mrs milliner & dress maker 107 New gate street
Atkinson William saddler 120 Newgate street
Auckland Mutual Building & Investment Society (SS Lingford sec)
Auckland Times & Herald (published friday) (William John Cummins proprietor) 53 Market place
Auckland Union Permanent Benefit Building Society (George Stillman sec) 56 North Bondgate

Backhouse J & Co bankers (Babbington Boulton man) Market place draw on Barclay & Co London
Bacon & Johnson photographers South road
Bainbridge Frank Albion, pork butcher 30 Bondgate
Bainbridge James Andrews, insurance agent 11 Princes st
Banks Thomas superintendent of police Police station High Bondgate
Barker Jane Mrs greengrocer 3 Southgate street
Barker Robert shopkeeper 25 South road
Barnett Joseph Henry tailor Newgate street
Barnett Robert shoe maker 12 South road
Barwick Martha Mrs mantle maker 26 High Tenters st
Batty William grocer 45 North Bondgate
Beaston William butcher 52 Bondgate
Bell George tobacco pipe manufactr 31 Newton Cap bank
Bell George Hector builder & mason 13 Edward street
Bell Johnson shopkeeper Southgate street
Bell Thomas George linen draper 33 Newgate street
Bentley David clog maker 37 Bondgate
Berger Selig general dealer 24 South road
Bigland John mining engineer Bedford lodge
Binks John currier & leather cutter Newgate street
Binks Joseph Queen Head Etherley lane
Bishop Auckland Agrciultural Society (RD Middleton sec)
Bishop Auckland Chemical Manure Co (David Armstrong sec) West mills
Bishop Auckland Equitable Permanent Building Society (William V Thompson sec) 25 Market place
Bishop Auckland Florals Horticultural Society (JC Hendy sec)
Bishop Auckland Gas Co (William V Thompson sec; Robert Field manager) South road
Bishop Auckland Masonic Hall Co Lim (John Brown sec) 58 Newgate street
Bishop Auckland Naturalists Field Club (CB Davey hon sec)
Bishop Auckland Science & Art Classes (JF Jobson hon sec) Temperance hall Victoria street
Bishop Auckland Town Hall & Market Co Limited (Robert Calvert sec)
Blackatt Ralph builder & contractor Albert hill
Blair Thomas furniture remover Surtees street
Booth Alfred Masons Arms Etherley lane
Booth John general dealer 17 Bondgate
Bousfield Robert coal agent 32 Surtees street
Bowman Ana Mrs general dealer 16 Bondgate
Bowman Robert grocer 53 Bondgate
Bowness Thomas wine & spirit vaults Newgate street
Bowness Wm Dobson marine store dealer North Bondgate
Bowser & Ward solicitors Market place
Bowser Richard firm Bowser & Ward solicitor & perpetual commissioner for taking acknowledgments of married women & clerk to the magistrates Market place
Boyes John printer & paperhanger 27 South road
Bradford & Co tailors & hatters 66 Newgate street

Bradford Robert tailor South Church lane
Bradley John hair dresser & umbrella maker 39 Newgate st
Braithwaite John & Son joiners & builders 98 Newgate street & Durham chare
Braithwaite Matthew stationer & printer 1 Market place
Braithwaite Tom Bristowe, plumber & gasfitter South road
Briggs George Edward bookseller stationer & printer Auckland Steam printing works Low Tenters street
Brotherton Hy pianoforte & music warehouse 43 Newgate st
Brotherton John Henry professor of music Park street
Brotherton William pianoforte & music warehouse South rd
Brown & Palphramand corn & flour dlrs Town Hall bldgs
Brown Annie Miss wine & spirit stores 65 Bondgate
Brown Edward Bridge inn Newton Cap bank
Brown John bookseller & stationer 58 Newgate street
Brown John joiner Peel street
Brown Miles Black Horse Newgate street
Brown KWC printer & bookbinder Adelaide street
Brownbridge William grocer & provision dlr 29 Bondgate
Bruce Thomas Dundas firm Trotter Bruce & Trotter solicitor registrar of the county court clerk to the Highway Board & clerk to the guardians of Bishop Auckland union North Bondgate
Bryson John corn & flour factor 76 Newgate street
Burdess John butcher 50 Newgate street
Burdy Williain rope & twine maker 3 Flintoff street
Burn William builder 25 Bondgate
Burrell Johnson greengrocer Newgate street

Calvert Robert & Son auctioneers Victoria street
Campbell James travelling draper Gray street
Canney Nicholas shopkeeper Gibbon street
Carr Joseph tobacconist 9 South road
Carrick John currier 4 South road
Carter James boot & shoe maker 4 Cradock street
Carter Matthew Wear tavern Wear chare
Champney Weldon shoeing smith Chester street
Chapman Thomas boot & shoe maker 17 Frederick street
Chapman Thomas refreshment rooms &c 128 Newgate st
Charlton Robert blacksmith Peel street
Cherrett Stephen James printer & stationer 44 Market pl
Chisholm & Bowman tailors 64 Princes street
Clarkson Harrison grocer 26 Newton Cap bank
Clattback Christian pork butcher 5 Bondgate
Cleminson Alfred George linen & woollen draper & tailor Newgate street
Cleminson Michael cabinet maker 71 Newgate street
Cleminson Mrs ladies school 1 Wear terrace
Coates John draper & silk mercer 8 & 9 Newgate street
Coates Thomas general broker 18 Bondgate
Cockroft Thomas M woollen draper
Cokeman’s Association Office (Thomas Hart sec) 6 Princes street
Cole John insurance agent to the Prudential Assurance Co 35 Gibbon street
Conway James bookseller & newsagent South road
Cooke James wine & spirit merchant 34 Newgate street
Co-operative Stores (Henry N Kellett manager) 84 Newgate street
Copeland James stone merchant &c Victoria street
Cordingley John boot & shoe maker Great gates
Costello Patrick Joseph beer retailer West road
Craggs Margaret Miss dress maker 54 Princes street
Crawford William jun music & pianoforte warehouse 17 South road
Cummins Robert whitesmith Newgate street
Cummins William John printer bookbinder stationer & proprietor of the Auckland Times & Herald 53 Market place
Cunningham John butcher 67 Bondgate
Curry & Bond confectioners 45 Newgate street
Curry John commercial traveller 8 Princes street

Dalkin Robert joiner Backway
Davison John grocer Station view
Dawson & Bellerby wine spirit ale & porter merchants North Bondgate
Dawson Thomas farmer Park head
Dean Thomas superintendent registrar & coroner 56 North Bondgate
De Lacey John Matthew dentist 22 South road & at Newcastle on Tyne
Dinsdale John boot & shoe maker 5 Newgate street
Dixon John boot maker 103 Newgate street
Dixon John greengrocer 49 Bondgate
Dixon Joseph Eagle tavern Market place
Dixon Thomas beer retailer Newton Cap bank
Dobinson Thomas chemist & druggist 125 Newgate street
Dodds Barbara Miss King’s Arms Market place
Donaldson William general warehouseman 90 Newgate st
Dowson Henry grocer & inspector of nuisances 10 South rd

Dremen Lewis supervisor of inland revenue 16 Low Tenters street
Duff & Rowntree linen & woollen drapers clothiers out fitters & sewing machine agents Market place
Dunn George beer seller 70 Princes street
Durham 4th Rifle Volunteers (V Hutchinson capt commander) Head quarters

Easton George boot & shoe maker 61 Bondgate
Edwards Matthew painter decoratr & glazier Clarence cot
Ellis Thomas watch & clock maker 66 Bondgate
Elston & Adamthwaite fellmongers North Bondgate
Etherington Thomas stone mason Durham chare
Evans Stephen cocoa palace 111 Newgate street
Everitt Frederick furnishing warehouse & jeweller 35 & 36 Newgate street

Farr Thomas coach builder William street
Fawcett Robert Turf hotel Newgate street
Featherstone Joseph Ralph woollen draper 122 & 123 Newgate street
Ferens Michael Jackson miller Gaunless mills
Field Robert manager of gas works South road
Fleming Marmaduke tailor 11 Gibbon street
Fletcher Thomas cowkeeper Elin cottage Mount Pleasant
Foster Henry, india rubber, gutta percha & general colliery stores; & dealer in steam valves, wrought iron pipes & fittings, driving belts, steam packing, cement, mining tools, safety lamps, oils, grease, sundries &c. Newgate st
Fothergill James grocer 11 Surtees street
Fox Frederick drill instructor to the 4th Durham Rifle Volunteers 18 Waldron street
Frost William fruiterer & c South road
Fuller Stephen beer retailer High Tenters street
Fulton Isaac, Shepherd’s inn, 11 Bondgate
Fulton William grocer Cockton hill

Garbutt John watch maker 20 South road
Garner Arthur Charles town crier Bondgate
Garry James confectioner 45 Bondgate
Garry Joseph harness maker Market place
Gibbon Edward & Co flock manufacturer Southgate st
Gibbon Robert shopkeeper Durham chare
Gibbon Sarah Mrs newsagent 1 South Church lane
Gibson John & William joiners & cartwrights Chester st
Gibson John coal merchant 44 Market place
Gibson Joseph butcher South road
Gibson Tobias cowkeeper Lindsay street
Gibson William cartwright Cleveland street
Gibson William railway goods contractor 3 South road
Golightly John beer retailer Gibbon street
Gordon James tobacconist Bondgate
Gornall John bird & animal preserver & tailor 36 Surtees st
Gowland John George accountant 1 Linden terrace
Graham Anna Mrs lodging house 7 George street
Graham John commercial traveller Albert cottage
Graham Ralph joiner Station view
Gray Robert draper 20 Newgate street
Green Tbomas shopkeeper 8 South road
Gregg James jun china & glass dealer 99 Newgate street
Gregg Robert china & glass dealer 48 Bondgate
Gregg William china & glass dealer 55 Newgate street
Gregory William butcher 59 & 60 Newgate street & shoeing smith Frederick street

Hall Anthony grocer & tea dealer 13 Bondgate
Hall Edmund joiner 11 George street
Hall Joseph iron merchnt & nail manufr 1 High Bondgate
Hall Thomas grocer & provision dealer 13 Newgate street
Hallam Eliza & Lucy Misses ladies boarding schl Clairmont
Harbron Mary Ann Mrs baker 8 Bondgate
Harburn Richard Hind, chemist & druggist tea dealer & agent for W & A Gilbey wine & spirit merchants 71 Bondgate & Market place
Hardisty Thos nurseryman & seedsman 80A Newgate st
Harrison Daniel shoe maker 3 Surtees street
Harrison Jane Mrs beer retailer 34 Bondgate
Harrison William ironmonger & tinman 50 Bondgate
Hart John beer retailer Thompson street
Hart Joseph fruiterer & provision dealer 65 Newgate st
Hawes James grocer 6 Gibbon street
Hay James painter & paper hanger 60 Princes street
Harriet Mrs confectioner 67 Newgate street
Hayden John tailor 67 Newgate street
Heald James wholesale fruit merchant South road
Hebblethwaite Sarah Mrs fancy repository 12 Bondgate
Hedley Robert & Co general drapers Market place
Henderson Sarah Mrs draper South road
Hendy John Cary registrar of marriages 56 North Bondgate
Heslop Thomas butcher Durham chare
Hetherington Charles dentist 26 South Church road
Hill John general draper & outfitter 16 & 17 Newgate st
Hill Joseph butcher Clayton street
Hind Thomas Pollards inn Etherley lane
Hines Robert ironmonger 6 & 7 Newgate street
Hodgson Jacob & Son general drapers 6 Bondgate
Hodgson Isaac shoe maker 47 Bondgate
Hodgson James ginger beer maker High Bondgate
Hodgson William draper South road
Hopper David tailor 9 Grainger street
Hoyle William sewing machine agent 26 South road
Hudson John shoeing smith North Bondgate
Hudson William timber merchant & steam sawing mills Little close Princes street residence Vickers street
Hull Elizabeth Mrs cab proprietor 35 South Church rd
Hull Jane Mrs beer retailer 24 Durham chare
Hull Joseph Three Tuns inn Bondgate
Hull Thomas auctioneer valuer & debt & rent collector prompt settlements in all cases 16 Durham chare
Humes William farmer Etherley grange
Hunter Henry grocer Princes street
Hutchinson Robert bill poster
Hutchinson Valentine MD surgeon The Elms
Hutchison Robert tailor 88 Newgate street

Jackson Judith Mrs Station hotel South road
Jarvis Charles bill poster 30 Southgate street
Jobson John surgeon 11 Market place
Johnson Mark house painter 7 South road
Johnson Thomas clog & patten maker 41 Newgate street
Jopling Jsph registrar of births deaths & marriages Victoria st
Jordan Robert shopkeeper West road
Joyce John pork butcher South road

Keenan Patrick grocer & pawnbroker 66 Newgate street
Keenen Patrick furniture dealer & cabinet ma 22 Bondgate
Kell Thomas painter & paper hanger Durham chare
Kell William hair dresser Durham chare
Kilburn John & Co provision merchants Newgate street
Kilburn N & Son iron steel & nail mers Low Tenters st
Kilburn Hy engineer & ironfndr South rd & West Mill foundry
Kilburn William ironmonger 21 Newgate street
King James 1 Grammar School (Ernest K Limoelan BA head master; Francis Ellaby BA second master; Joseph S Cooper BA senior asst master), Sth Church rd
Kipling Joseph fishmonger Newgate street
Kipling Nathaniel fish monger 48 Newgate street
Kitching William butcher 34 Princes street
Knowles Henry Talbot commercial & family hotel & posting house Market place

Labron Thomas Commercial hotel Market place
Lamotte & Parker solicitors 61 North Bondgate
Lanchester George Waterloo inn Newgate street
Lanchester John livery stable keeper & coach & cab proprietor Bondgate residence 1 Wood street Newgate st
Lee Christopher tailor 2 William street
Lee John Wilkinson surveyor of highways 30 Cradock st
Leeming Ann Mrs milliner 52 Newgate street
Leigh John James chemist & dentist & wine & spirit merchant 64 Bondgate
Leighton Elizabeth Mrs Durham tavern South road
Lemar James bill poster 5 Preshous buildings
Leng John Sun inn High Bondgate
Liesher John shopkeeper Wear chare
Linday James mineral surveyor 9 Cockton Hill terrace
Lindsay Robert surveyor to the Local Board of Health 12 Silver street
Lingford Gardiner & Co engineers & iron & brass founders all kinds of colliery & general castings steam & water valves up to large sizes locomotive & stationary engines & boilers both built & repaired Auckland engine works
Lingford Joseph wholesale grocer & baking powder manufacturer 97 Newgate street
Lingford Samuel Sutton grocer 10 Newgate street
Linton John jun printer 26 Bondgate
Linton John sen veterinary surgeon 11 Tenters street
Lister Matthew tobacconist 114 Newgate street
Little William jun public accountant 2 North Bondgate
Lobley John travelling jeweller 27 South Church road
Lockey James draper 112 Newgate street
LONDON & NEWCASTLE TEA Co tea dealers 108 Newgate street
Longstatt George cooper & basket dealer Bondgate
Longstaff Robert wholesale & retail boot & shoe manufacturer wholesale warehouse & manufactory 18 Newgate street; branches, Market place Durham; Church street Crook; High street Spennymoor; & Middle st Consett
Longstaff William greengrocer Newgate street
Lowery Joseph carver & gilder 11 South road

McCullagh Thomas Alexander physician & surgeon Clarendon house South road
McGarity John Fleece hotel 2 Bondgate
McIntyre James leather merchant & carrier 15 Newgate st
McLaughlin Brothers linen drapers South road
McLindon Peter draper 79 Newgate street
McLoughlin James who. fruit & potato merchant Peel st
McLoughlin Neal linen draper Newgate street
McManns Daniel second hand clothes dlr 2 South Church la
Maddison Thomas confectioner 8 High Tenters street
Manley James news agent 70 Newgate street
Manners Thomas joiner & builder Peel street
Mantle Thomas grocer 62 Newgate street
Martin James shoe maker 5 Newton Cap bank
Mascall Robert slate merchant Victoria street
Mattison James blacksmith Station yard
Maughan William grocer 29 Durham chare
Maw George jun solicitor & commissioner to administer oaths 35 High Bondgate
May Robert Wear Valley hotel South road
Maynard John Clarkson physician Grosvenor house
Mechanics Institute (S Corps, sec. J. Edmondson librarian) Silver street
Metcalfe Thomas wine & spirit stores 107 Newgate street
Middleton Robert Dale auctioneer & valuer Low Tenters st
Miller John Seven Stars High Bondgate
Miller Thomas carter 1 Belvedere terrace
Miller Thomas Mrs dress maker 1 Belvedere terrace
Moore George Mrs importer of wines & spirits Newgate st
Mordey Thomas A commercial traveller 4 Princes street
Morgan Ann Miss Tile Sheds inn South road
Morgan Thomas Old Post Office hotel Newgate street
Moses Joseph chemist & druggist 110 Newgate street
Moses Joseph (exors of) watch maker & jeweller 4 Newgate st
Mouncey Mary Mrs fruiterer 39 Bondgate
Mowbray Thomas William Victoria inn & tailor West st
Mulvey William John veterinary surgeon Cockton house
Mundell James blacksmith Durham chare
Murray Mary Ann Mrs second hand clothes dr Fairless st
Musgrave Mark Court inn High Bondgate

National Provincial Bank of England (branch) (Richard Travers man) Market place; draw on Head Office London
Neal Robert Arthur grocer 46 Newgate street
Nailson Robert grocer 1 South street
Neson John Lax, cabinet maker, 32 Newgate street
Nevison Edward George inn 68 Bondgate
Nevison John confectioner 1 South terrace
Nevison Thomas tailor & draper 54 Market place
Newsham William nurseryman & florist 29 Cradock street
Nicholson & Davies fishmongers & game dlrs 31 Newgate st

O’Donnell James shopkeeper West road
O’Hagan Charles travelling draper 10 Low Tenters street
Onward Building Society (branch) (Robert Calvert agent) 5 Silver street
Ord Benjamin Thomas hatter 106 Newgate street
Ormston James fruiterer &c South road

Pallister Thomas painter & glazier 51 Newgate street
Palpbramand Mary Miss refreshment rooms Fairless st
Patrick John jun solicitor 3 Newgate street
Pattison Thomas agent to the Prudential Assurance Co 2 Surtees street
Pearson Ann Mrs Bay Horse 40 Bondgate
Peat Thomas beer retailer Newton Cap bank
Peers John cowkeeper Etherley lane
Perry Mary & Rose Misses ladies schl 37 High Bondgate
Peverley Robinson Black Boy Newgate street
Pickering Johnson blacksmith Vinkle street
Pickering Ralph second hand clothes dealer 33 Bondgate
Pickering Thomas railway goods agent 1 Railway terrace
Pigg John Charles & Co public accountants & auditors 7 High Tenters street
Pigg John auctioneer & valuer & county court bailiff 7 High Tenters street
Place Thomas greengrocer 55 Bondgate
Pollard William slate merchant South road
Pomfret Ralph Horner dyer 37 Market place
Preshous Elizabeth Mrs cabinet maker 67 Newgate st
Priestman James baker & confectioner 14 Newgate street
Priestman Jane Mrs confectioner Newgate street
Proud John solicitor 16 Market place
Proud John T solicitor & clerk to the local board of health 25 Market place
Proud Mary Miss ladies school 14 William street
Proud Thomas leather cutter 38 Newgate street
Proud William Angel inn Market place

Quinn Charles travelling draper 3 Low Tenters street

Race John butter dealer 10 Waldron street
Raine Cuthbert White Lion Newgate street
Raine Margaret Mrs milliner & dress maker Sth Church la
Ray John tailor & draper 41 Bondgate
Reed James day school 5 Belvedere terrace
Reed Robert furniture dealer 68 Newgate street
Reynolds William Smee (exors of) hatter 11 Newgate st
Rice John gardener & seedsman 38 Newton Cap bank
Richardson James plumber & gas fitter 89 Newgate street
Rickley Matthew tailor & draper 102 Newgate street

Richmond John L Old Spirit Vaults 4 Bondgate
Roberts John chimney sweep Newton Cap bank
Robinson Joseph boot maker 48 Princes street
Robinson William news agent 51 Bondgate
Robson Jeremiah builder & saw mills South road
Robson John wholesale & family wine spirit ale & porter merchant 4 Gibbon street
Robson John Reyner draper 96 Newgate street
Robson Joseph Sportsman inn & cooper Silver street
Robson Thomas assistant overseer for Bishop Auckland Surtees street
Robson Thomas shoeing smith Thompson street
Robson William blacksmith 29 South Church road
Robson Wm surveyor to rural sanitary authority Albert hill
Rock Permanent Building Society (Joseph Jopling sec) Victoria street
Rowland Edward grocer 19 Bondgate
Ruck Matthew pork butcher 83 Newgate street
Ruddock Robert joiner & cabinet maker 26 Gray street
Rule Robert Renny architect & civil engineer South road
Ryder & Sons builders & masons South road

Salkeld Thos Henry clothier outfitter & hatter 57 Bondgate
Scott Margaret Mrs boot dealer 56 Bondgate
Scrafton & Brothers millers Holdforth mills
Shannon Mary Ann Mrs pawnbroker 42 Bondgate
Sharp Henry shopkeeper 34 Gibbon street
Sharp Mark shoe maker 23 Durham chare
Shaw Jane Mrs Temperance hotel Town Hall buildings
Shaw John grocer 74 Newgate street
Shaw Mary Miss grocer & confectioner 37 Market place
Sibbald Mary Mrs dress maker 23 South Church road
Sibbald Thomas nursery & seedsman 7 Market place
Singer Sewing Machine Co (Jas Ledington agt) Sth rd
Smith Ann Mrs & Wm bakers & confectioners 3 Bondgt
Smith Jacob shopkeeper 4 Newton Cap bank
Smith John bird & animal preserver Durham chare
Smith Ralph tailor & outfitter 95 Newgate street
Smith Thomas bookseller stationer & printer Newgate st
Smith Thomas ironmonger 105 Newgate street
Snaith George plumber & tinsmith 33 Wear chare
Snaith Mary Mrs shopkeeper Wear chare
Snowden George Swallow, Red Lion, Newgate street
Snowden Robert farmer Brack’s farm Pollard’s land
Speak Arthur hatter & tailor Talbot buildings Bondgate
Speak Wm Lambert distributor of stamps 38 High Bondgt
Spence Richard boot & shoe maker South terrace
Spencer Thomas house painter 22 Frederick street
Steadman George beer retailer South road
Steele Richard Wilson hair dresser 19 Newgate street
Stephenson William tailor 60 Surtees street
Stoker George shopkeeper Etherley lane
Strachan George general dealer 49 Newgate street
Strachan William smallware dealer 34 Bondgate
Stubbs Charles shoe maker 17 High Tenters street
Stubbs Joseph shoe maker 19 High Bondgate
Swain Martha Miss grocer 31 High Tenters street
Swales Mary Ann Mrs fish dealer South Church lane
Swales William greengrocer & confectioner South road

Tarn Thomas Etnerington boot & shoe maker South terrace
Tate William fariner Etherley lane
Tatham Richard furniture dealer High Bondgate
Tatham Thomas shopkeeper 46 Bondgate
Taylor George photographer 5 South road
Tavlor Mary Jane Miss grocer 62 Bondgate
Taylor Matthew general carter High Bondgate
Taylor Matthew Queen’s Head Market place
Taylor Richard builder & contractor Victoria street
Taylor Richard fruit & potato merchant 80 Princes street
Taylor Thomas furniture remover Bondgate
Teasdale Joshua Green Tree tavern Cockton hill
Temperance Hall (Joshua Moseley man) Victoria street
The Club (George Davison & Frederick John Frank hon secs; George Stillman treasurer; Isaac Jacob librarian), Exchange buildings Newgate street
Theatre Royal (Robert Advison proprietor) Newgate st
Thirkell John proprietor of hydropathic baths Great gates
Thirkell John jun hair dresser 90 Newgate street
Thirkell John Ward registry office for servants 1 Low Tenters street
Thompson & Garry architects & surveyors 25 Market place
Thompson Andrew cabinet maker 77 Newgate street
Thompson Charles marine store dealer Back South road
Thompson Edward ironmonger 59 Bondgate
Thompson John bldr & contractor Cradock ho Cockton hl
Thompson R mineral water manufacturer office Railway street residence Albert hill
Thompson Richard Derby tavern Low Tenters street
Thompson Robert grocer Clayton street
Thompson Robert Wilkinson architect & surveyor 2 North Bondgate
Thompson Thomas Nerwton Cap, Newton Cap bank
Thompson Thomas tailor Cradock street
Thompson Thomas tailor 1 Surtees street
Thompson Thomas H builder Waldon street
Thompson Wm dealer in musical instruments 73 Newgate st
Thorburn Henry & Son chemists & druggists 3 Newgate st
Thubron Robert tailor & draper 1 Adelaide street
Thwaites Edward dyers agent 86 Newgate street
Tod David coach builder South road
Tomlinson Adam boot & shoe maker 61 Newgate street
Townend Thomas Francis chemist & dentist 104 Newgate st
Trotter Bruce & Trotter solicitors North Bondgate
Trotter Henry clerk 28 Surtees street
Trotter Richardson Dun Cow High Bondgate
Truman George boot maker 44 Bondgate
Tuer Richard butcher Newton Cap bank
Turkish Baths (Saml Sutton Lingford proptr) Clyde ter
Turner Robert commission agent 19 South Church road
Tyler Brothers boot & shoe manufacturers 81 Newgate st

Varley Charles currier & leather seller 2 Southgate street & at High street Spennymoor & Hope street Crook
Varley James watch maker & jeweller 30 Newgate street
Vart George & Henry carvers & gilders 28 South road
Vickers Jonathan builder & contractor Princes street

Waddington William Three Tuns Newgate street
Wade Charles agricultural implement seed manure & cake merchant &c 2 Belvedere terrace
Wade George Dodsworth harness maker South road
Waggett Christopher hair dresser 60 Bondgate
Waggett John watch & clock maker 2 Low Tenters street
Walker John builder High Tenters street
Walls Thomas Nelson & Co printers stationers & book binders 109 Newgate street & Wood street
Walton John William grocer 33 Durham chare
Walton Robert tailor 58 Newton Cap bank
Ward Robert Sun inn St Andrew’s place
Warwick Jane Mrs Royal George hotel Newgate street

Watchman John shopkeeper Etherley lane
Watson John Henry son of the late John Watson builder sculptor headstone & monumental carver letter cutter &c manufacturer of composition stone chimney pieces & dealer in building materials South road
Watson Thomas marine store dealer Backway
Weardale & Shildon District Water Works Co (William Harding sec; Robert Askwith resident engineer); offices South road
Welburn Reuben cowkeeper 47 Surtees street
Westgarth Alfred Mitre tavern South road
Wheatley Sarah Miss dealer in wines & spirits 8 South Church road
Wheatley Thomas cowkeeper 11 Low Tenters street
Wherley Samuel watch & clock maker 9 George street
White John umbrella maker 38 Bondgate
Wilkinson John relieving officer Albert hill
Wilkinson Joseph corn miller West mills
Wilkinson Robert flour dealer 35 Bondgate
Wilkinson Robert Colman tailor 101 Newgate street
Willan Joseph yeast importer Peel street
Williamson George farmer Holdforth house
Willis Thomas beer retailer 64 Newgate street
Willson Walter grocer & provision merchant Newgate st
Wilson Ann Mrs general draper 56 Newgate street
Wilson Robert manufacturer of steel spades, shovels, edge tools, nails, chains, forgings, pit cages & smiths work in general & manufacturer of Wilson’s rock & coal boring machines, Railway forge & Wolsingham iron works
Wilson Thomas builder 10 Hexham street
Wilson William Hart millwright 36 South Church road
Wilson William John builder & contractor Victoria street
Wouldhave Finley plumber & gas fitter 18 South road
Wright & Wood wholesale potato merchants South road

Young Men’s Christian Association (Joseph Lingford president) Tenters street
Young Annie Miss Crown inn Low North Bondgate

Source: The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland Kelly and Company 1879

Bishop Auckland Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880

BISHOP AUCKLAND
Market day Thursday

Boot & Shoe Manufacturer Wholesale
Longstaff Robert 18 Newgate

Boot & Shoe Makers Warehouses & Dealers
Allan Christopher & John 69 Bondgate
Barnet Robert 12 South road
Carter James 4 Cradock street
Chapman John 17 South terrace
Chapman Thos 17 Frederick st
Cordingley John Great gates
Dinsdale John Newgate street
Dixon John 103 Newgate
Easton George 61 Bondgate
Harrison Daniel 43 Princes st
Hodgson Isaac 47 Bondgate
Longstaff Robert 18 Newgate st
Robinson Joseph 48 Princes st
Scott Mrs Margt 56 Bondgate
Sharp Mark 23 Durham chare
Stubbs Chas 17 High Tenters st
Stubbs Jsph 19 High Bondgate
Tarn Thos E 14 South terrace
Tomlinson Adam 61 Newgate st
Trueman George 44 Bondgate
Tyler Brothers 81 Newgate st

Boot Upper Manufacturers
Binks John 47 Newgate street
McIntyre James 14 Newgate st

Clog & Patten Makers
Johnson Thomas 41 Newgate st
Wood William 37 Bondgate

Coach & Carriage Builders
Farr Thomas William street
Tod David South road
Wright Humphrey Proud’s yard North Bondgate

Curriers
Binks John 47 Newgate street
McIntyre James 14 Newgate st
Varley Charles 2 Southgate st

Gutta Percha Warehouseman
Foster Henry Newgate street

Leather Cutters & Sellers & Grindery Dealers
Binks John 47 Newgate street
Carrick John 4 South road
McIntyre James 14 Newgate st
Proud Thomas 38 Newgate st
Varley Charles 2 Southgate st

Saddlers & Harness Makers
Atkinson Wm 120 Newgate st
Garry Joseph 42 Market place
Wade George D 32 South road

Bishop Auckland History

Bishop Auckland Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895

Bishop-Auckland, a market town, a township, and a chapelry in Durham. The town stands on an eminence about 140 feet high, between the rivers Wear and Gaunless, near their point of confluence, and adjacent to the Weardale railway, 10¾ miles NNW of Darlington.

It took its name from the vicinity of the Bishop of Durham’s palace, conjoined with ancient abundance of oak woods, and was formerly a borough by prescription. It has pleasant environs, is well built and neat, and has a head post, money order, and telegraph office, a station on the N.E.R., three banks, a spacious town-hall, three churches, a grammar school, two other endowed schools, an orphanage, a workhouse, almshouses, a fever hospital, a theatre, temperance hall, masonic hall, and a mechanics’ institute, also the Light-foot Institute, erected by Bishop Lightfoot. It is a seat of petty sessions, and publishes one weekly newspaper.

The town-hall stands in the centre of the town, adjoining the church. It was built in 1862 at a cost of about £8500; has a groined principal entrance, surmounted by a neat stone balcony; is crowned by angle-roofs with iron pallisading, and with a spire 100 feet high, and contains a large hall, and offices for the Board of Health.

The Church of St Anne is modern, and is attached to the vicarage of Auckland-St-Andrew. The Church of St Peter, built in 1875 at a cost of £7000, is a fine stone building in the Gothic style. The living is a vicarage; net value, £265, alternately in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and the Crown. There are Baptist, Roman Catholic, Congregational, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels, and a Friends’ meeting-house.

The grammar school was founded by James I., and has £45 from endowment; and one of the other endowed schools was founded by Bishop Barrington in 1810, and provides free education and part clothes for thirty boys. The Episcopal palace stands on the NE side of the town, in a fine park of 800 acres, on the river Gaunless, with charming views. It was built by Bishop Cosins on the site of a previous one by Bishop Beck; underwent restoration and extension, with fine entrance Gothic gateway and screen, by Bishop Barrington, after designs by Wyatt, and contains several valuable old paintings by the Italian masters.

In ancient times the prelates had castles at Durham, Stockton, Craike, and Norham. Of all these stately palaces Auckland is the only remaining residence. Attached to the castle is the Bishop’s Chapel, the whole of the floor of which is of chequered marble. It is divided into a nave and side aisles by two ranges of clustered marble pillars 16 feet high, also contains a vault containing the remains of various bishops—the last being Bishop Lightfoot. Newton-Cap Bridge, in the vicinity, over the river Wear, was built in 1390, and has two arches, the one circular and 101 feet in span, the other pointed and 91 feet in span.

A weekly market is held in the town on Thursday, and fairs in March, and on the Thursday before 11 October; also statute or hiring fairs for servants in May and November. Area of the urban sanitary district, 692 acres; population, 10,527. Area of Bishop-Auckland and Pollards Lands, 2587 acres; population, 11,765. Coal and iron are worked extensively, and afford employment to a large number of the inhabitants.

Bishop-Auckland Parliamentary Division of Durham was formed under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885, and returns one member to the House of Commons. Population, 61,833. The division includes the following:- Darlington Ward (Bishop-Auckland Division, part of), Auckland (Bishop), Auckland (St Andrew), Binchester, Byers Green, Chilton, Coundon, Coundon Grange, Eldon, Escomb, Helmington Row, Hunwick and Helmington, Merrington, Middlestone, Middridge, Middridge Grange, Newfield, Newton Cap, Old Park, Pollards Lands, Shildon, Thickley (East), Westerton, Whitworte, Windlestone.

Source: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895 by Brabner, John Henry Fryden

Bishop Auckland The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BISHOP-AUCKLAND, a town, a township, and a subdistrict, in the district of Auckland, Durham. The town stands on an eminence about 140 feet high, between the rivers Wear and Gaunless, near their point of confluence, and adjacent to the Weardale railway, 10¾ miles NNW of Darlington.

It took its name from the vicinity of the Bishop of Durham’s palace, conjoined with ancient abundance of oak woods; and it was formerly a borough by prescription. It has pleasant environs; and is well-built and neat. It has a post office under Darlington, a railway station, two banking offices, two chief inns, a spacious town hall, a church, seven non-established chapels, a grammar school, two other endowed schools, a workhouse, and alms-houses; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; and publishes two weekly newspapers.

The town hall stands in the centre of the town, adjoining the church; was built in 1862, at a cost of about £8,500; has a groined principal entrance, surmounted by a neat stone balcony; is crowned by angle-roofs with iron pallisading, and with a spire 100 feet high; and contains a large music-hall, and offices for the Board of Health.

The church is modern, and ranks as a chapel to the charge of Auckland-St. Andrew. A Wesleyan chapel, in modified Italian style, was built in 1866. The other non-established chapels are for Independents, Presbyterians, Quakers, two Methodist bodies, and Roman Catholics. The grammar school was founded by James I., and has £38 from endowment; and one of the other endowed schools was founded by Bishop Barrington, and has £367.

The episcopal palace stands on the NE side of the town, in a fine park of 800 acres, on the river Gaunless, with charming views; was built by Bishop Cousins, on the site of a previous one by Bishop Beck; underwent restoration and extension, with fine entrance Gothic gateway and screen, by Bishop Barrington, after designs by Wyatt; and contains several valuable old paintings, by the Italian masters. Newtoncap bridge, in the vicinity, over the river Wear, was built in 1390, and has two arches, the one circular and 101 feet in span, the other pointed and 91 feet in span.

A weekly market is held in the town on Thursday, and fairs on Holy Thursday and the following day, on 1 June, and on the Thursday before 11 Oct. Pop., 6,480. Houses, 1,186. The township includes most of the town, extends into the country, and is in the parish of St. Andrew-Auckland. Acres, 1,919. Real property, £18,061, of which £2,300 are in mines. Pop., 7,279. Houses, 1,333. Coal and limestone are worked, and cotton manufactures are carried on. Extensive engineering and edge-tool works were established in 1862, and have branches at Bedburn. The subdistrict comprises twenty-three townships and a parochial chapelry. Acres, 23,545. Pop., 34,878. Houses, 6,612.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Bishop Auckland A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

AUCKLAND, BISHOP, a market-town and chapelry, in the parish of St. Andrew, union of Auckland, N. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 10½ miles (S. W.) from Durham, and 252 (N. by W.) from London; containing 3776 inhabitants.

This place, in common with others in the immediate vicinity, derives its name from the great number of oak-trees that formerly grew in the neighbourhood; and its prefix from a palace, in which the bishops of the diocese, who are lords of the manor, occasionally reside.

The town, which is in the centre of the parish, is pleasantly situated on a considerable eminence, near the confluence of the rivers Gaunless and Wear, in a fertile district abounding with coal and limestone, and remarkable for the salubrity of the air. The streets are badly paved; the houses are well built, and the inhabitants are plentifully supplied with water.

The palace, originally erected in the reign of Edward I. by Bishop Anthony Beck, and subsequently enlarged, was much injured by Sir Arthur Haslerigg, to whom it was sold by the Parliamentary Commissioners; but after the Restoration it was repaired by Bishop Cosin: it stands in a beautiful park to the north-east of the town, and is a spacious structure, surrounded with plantations and pleasure-grounds watered by the Gaunless. The chapel attached to the palace is a fine edifice in the early and decorated styles, built originally by Bishop Beck, and repaired about 1660 by Bishop Cosin, whose remains are deposited in it.

The market is on Thursday; the fairs are in March and October, but on no fixed day.

The Bishop-Auckland and Weardale railway, constructed chiefly for the conveyance of coal, and a few passengers, branches off from the Stockton and Darlington railway at Shildon, and passes near the town; it takes a course of eight miles, and terminates by a short branch in the township of Crook. It passes over numerous embankments and bridges in its progress, and through several tunnels, and various roads are carried over it: the embankment at Holdforth alone cost £11,000, and the line was completed at an expense of £96,000, of which £72,000 were raised in original shares, and the remainder by loan. In 1846 an act was passed for a line to the Lancaster and Carlisle railway in Westmorland.

The county magistrates hold petty sessions monthly; and courts leet and baron are held annually, at the former of which a bailiff and other officers are appointed. The powers of the county debt court of Bishop-Auckland, established in 1847, extend over the registration-district of Auckland.

The chapel, dedicated to St. Anne, is small, and very inadequate to the purposes for which it was designed. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans.

The free grammar school was founded by James I., and is endowed with land, a house and garden for the master, and a rent-charge, producing an income of about £60 per annum; the management is vested in twelve governors, who are a body corporate, and have a common seal: the schoolroom, over which is St. Anne’s chapel, was rebuilt in 1783.

A school for twenty boys was founded by Mr. Walton, in 1772.

A central school on Dr. Bell’s system, for 200 children, was established in 1810, by Bishop Barrington, who also founded a school of industry for girls, in 1815.

Alms houses for two men and two women were founded and endowed by Bishop Cosin, in the reign of Charles II.; the inmates are clothed every third year, and receive an allowance of about £15 per annum each.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848