Washington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Durham.
Other places in the parish include: Barmston and North Biddick.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1600
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1765
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
Bradys Square Level Crossing Washington Station WASHINGTON County Durham WASHINGTON, a village, a township, and a parish, in Chester-le-Street district, Durham.
The village stands 1 mile NNW of Washington r. station, and 6 SE by S of Gateshead; and has a postal letter-box under Washington station. The station is on the Northeastern railway, at the intersection of the Stanhope and Tyne railway, and has a head post-office, designated of the county of Durham, and a telegraph office.
The township comprises 1,894 acres. Real property, £8,739; of which £1,690 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1,224; in 1861, 1,829. Houses, 353. The manor was held, in the 12th century, by the family of Wessington; and passed, in the time of Richard III., to the Washingtons, a descendant of whom was the famous George Washington, first president of the United States. There are collieries, blast furnaces, iron-works, brick-works, and extensive chemical works.
The parish contains also Usworth and Barmston townships, and comprises 5,335 acres. Pop. in 1851, 3,485; in 1861, 5,981. Houses, 1,133. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £610. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church was rebuilt in 1832. The rectory of Usworth is a separate benefice. There are three Methodist chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, an endowed school with £33 a year, and charities £6.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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County: Durham
Civil Registration District: Chester le Street
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Durham
Rural Deanery: Chester le Street
Poor Law Union: Chester le Street
Hundred: Chester Ward
Province: York
