Directories & Gazzetteers

1791 - Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce and Manufacture:

Chester-le-Street is a very considerable village, through which runs the great post-road from London to Edinburgh, 6 miles North from the city of Durham, and 9 miles South from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is pleasantly situated in a valley, upon the West side of the river Wear. It derives much benefit from the great number of coal-mines carried on in that neighbourhood. Those now working are Lumley-park colliery, belonging to Lord Scarborough. Lambton, Harraton, Burnt Moor Flats, and Pelton Fell, belonging to General Lambton. Beamish, belonging to Sir John Eden. South Beddick, belonging to Miss Lambton. Penshaw to John Tempest, Esq. Burnt Moor, to the heirs of John Neasham Esq. Bertley to W. Peareth and Rich and Humble., Esqrs. Bertley Fell, to Lord Strathmore, Lord Bute, and the heirs of the late Sir H.G. Leddell, Bart. Ox Close, to John Hudson, Esq and Partners. New Washington, to Messrs. Ruffell and Wade. Harraton Outside, to Ralph Milbank, Esq. Chatershaugh, to William Peareth, Esq. North Beddick, to Messrs. Wade, Biss, and & Allen. Twizell to Messrs. Johnson and Co. The coals are taken in waggons from the respective collieries, and conveyed to the nearest navigable part of the river Wear, where they are put on board large open boats, called keels, carrying about 21 tons each, by which they are taken to the port of Sunderland, and put on board ships.

1815 - A Topographical Dictionary of England. Samuel Lewis

BOURN-MOOR, a township, in the parish of Houghton-le-spring, union of Chester-le-street, Northern Division of Easington ward and of the county palatine of Durham; containing 938 inhabitants. At New Lambton, in this township, is a brine well, 97 fathoms deep, where salt-works were established in 1815. There is a' place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, with a Sunday school for about 200 children attached.

1825 - A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom. Benjamin Pitts Capper

BOURN-MOOR, a parish in Easington ward, Durham, 2 m. from Darlington; containing 193 houses and 1139 inhabitants

1828 - Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory:

Watkin & Elliot, Iron and Brass Founders. Burn Moor

Smith and Phillipson, Grocers and Drapers. Burn Moor

Donnison, Robert, Miller, Floater's Mill

Rand and Parkinson, Wine & Spirit Merchants, New Lambton

Rand and Parkinson, Lambton Salt Works, New Lambton

1828 - The History, Directory and Gazetteer of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland. Wm Parson & Wm. White:

BOURN MOOR. * Thus Reside at New Lambton

Beckwith Humphrey, coal waggon-wright, Board's Nook

Butson Peter, farrier, Bowes' House

Emmerson William, farmer

Fenwick John, land agent, Bowes' House

Hewitson Matthew, victualler, Lambton Fox and Hounds, Wapping

Hunter George, engine-wright, Dee Pit Row

Liddell John, vict. Wheat Sheaf, Board's Nook

* Manners Joseph, sen., overman and perpetual overseer

* Manners Joseph, jun., overman

* Ovington John, victualler, Red Lion

Phillipson John, clerk, Board's Nook

* Rand & Parkinson, wine and spirit merchants & salt manufacturers

Robson Jacob, victualler, Grey Horse, Dee Pit

Scorer Ralph, mason, Elba

*Scorer Thomas, day school

Smith Thomas, coal viewer, Bowes House

Smith Thomas & Co., grocers & drapers, Bounder House

Smith William, corver

Wylam Ralph, farmer, Board's Nook

1831 - 'A Topographical Dictionary of England', Samuel Lewis & R. Creighton

BOURN-MOOR, a township in the parish of Houghton-le-Spring, northern division of Easington ward, county Palatine of Durham, containing 1139 inhabitants. At New Lambton, in this township, is a brine well ninety-seven fathoms deep, where salt-works were established in 1815. There is also a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, with a Sunday School attached, in which about one hundred and sixty children are instructed

1837 - The English Counties Delineated. Thomas Moule

Bourn Moor, 3 miles N. from Houghton, contains 193 houses, and 1139 inhabitants

1851 - Hagar & Co's Directory of the County of Durham

Atkinson John, victualler, The Village Cottage

Clement William, tailor, Wapping

Crawford Thomas, colliery viewer, Bowes House

Donnison William, corn miller and farmer

Fenwick John, victauller "Grey Horse"

Greener Greener, draper

Guy William, boot and show maker, New Lambton

Harrison John, grocer, New Lambton

Marley John, victualler "Red Lion"

Rutherford James, land agent for the Earl of Durham, Bowes House

Stokoe James, victualler Boundary House

Winship Anthony, victualler "Board"

Wylam Ralph, farmer

Lambton New or New Lambton:

Brown Thomas, blacksmith

Donnison Robert, corn miller, Floater's Mill

Donnison William, corn miller, New Lambton Mill

Dee Pit Tile Sheds:

Earl of Durham, proprietor, Robert Robson, manager

Fenwick John, victualler, "Grey Horse", Dee Pits

Gilchrist Thomas, clerk, Primrose Hill

Harrison John, grocer

Hodgson Charles, joiner

Wake John, tailor

Wapping

Atkinson John, victualler, The Village Cottage

Batey, Edward, boot and shoe maker

Clark, George, blacksmith

Clement, Gilbert, Tailor

Croudace, Mrs, Boundary House

Greener, George, draper, Boundary House

Hardy, John, blacksmith

Lynn, William, cartwright

1852 - The British Gazetteer, Political, Commercial, Ecclesiastical and Historical. Benjamin Clarke

BOURN-MOOR, DURHAM, a township in the parish of Houghton-le-Spring, northern division of Easington ward: 295 miles from London (coach road 267), 8 from Durham, 2 from Houghton. Nor. West. Rail through Rugby, Derby and York to Durham, thence 8 miles: from Derby through York to Durham, 163 miles. Money orders issued at Durham. London letteres delivd 1 1 J a.m. Post closes 7j p.m. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel here, with a Sunday school attached, as is the case with most of their chapels. At New Lambton, in this township, there is a brine well 97 fathoms deep, where salt works were established in 1815. Contains 450 acres. 194 houses, Population in 1841, 1079. Probable population in 1849, 1240. Poor rates in 1837, £552

1855 - 'History of Durham' by William Fordyce

Area of this township is 500 acres. Formerly called Biddick Fence, separated from township of South Biddick about a certain age. Pop. 1801 (889), 1811 (955), 1821 (1139), 1831 (938), 1841 (891), 1851 (891. Villages include New Lambton, the biggest hamlet called Dee Pit Row, Wapping (where there is a good school supplied by the Earl of Durham), Elba, Bounder (Boundary) House and Boards Nook

1855 - Slater's Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland & Yorkshire

Adamson, George, Veterinary Surgeon, Dubmire

Adamson, George, Blacksmith, Dubmire

Atkinson, John, Innkeeper, The Village Inn, Wapping

Brown, George, Innkeeper, Londonderry Arms, Collier Row

Craggs, John, Flour Dealer, Houghton Gate

Donnison, Robert, Miller, Floater's Mill

Donnison, John, Miller, New Lambton

Fenwick, John, Innkeeper, Grey Horse, Dee Pit

Gardiner, Elizabeth, Schoolmistress, New Lambton

Harrison, John, Grocer and Tea Dealer, New Lambton

Langton, Thomas, Salt Merchant, New Lambton

Morrison, James, Coke Works, Burn Moor

Oliver, Matthew B., Grocer and Tea Dealer, Collier Row

Oliver, Matthew B., Retailer of Beer, Collier Row

Ovington, Thomas, Blacksmith, Houghton Gate

Parkinson, George, Grocer and Tea Dealer, Dee Pit

Robinson, Jane, Butcher, Collier Row

Robson, Robert, Brick and Tile Maker, Burn Moor Tilery

Sheraton, John, Innkeeper, Black Cow, Lumley

Spoor, Robert. Post Master, Post Office, Fence Houses

Spoor, Robert P., Fence Houses Hotel

Sproat, Elizabeth, Innkeeper, The Wellington, Dubmire

Stokoe, James, Innkeeper, Letters, Burn Moor

Ward, Elizabeth, Charcoal Blacking Manufacturing, Lumley Forge

Watson, James, Cartwright and Joiner, Dubmire

Watson, James, Retailer of Beer, Collier Row

Watson, James, Grocer and Tea Dealer, Collier Row

Wilkinson, Edward, Grocer and Tea Dealer, Collier Row

Winship, Anthony, Innkeeper, Letters, Burn Moor

1856 - History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Whellan, William

BOURN MOOR township is principally the property of the Earl of Durham, who is also lord of the manor. Its area is 500 acres and its rateable value £1305. The number of inhabitants in 1801 was 889. In 1811, 955. In 1821, 1139. In 1831, 938. In 1841, 891. In 1851, 891. Here is a colliery, the property of the Earl of Durham. Extensive coke ovens, worked by James Morrison Esq. of Roker, Sunderland, who obtained two prize medals at the London Exhibition. A brick and tile works and a corn mill worked by Mr. Robert Dounison. This township, formerly known as Biddick Fence, was separated from Biddick about ninety years ago, probably on account of the population attached to the collieries. Sir George Bowes granted Biddick Fence to his brother, Robert Bowes about the year 1629. William Bowes sold the estate about 1680 to Henry Lambton Esq. from whom it has descended to its present proprietor. The Hamlet of Bourn Moor is two miles north-by-west of Houghton-le-Spring. New Lambton is also a hamlet in this township, where there are places of worship belonging to the Wesleyns and the Wesleyan Association. Wapping is another hamlet, in which there is a chapel, used alternatively by the Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. There is also an endowed school, erected by the Earl of Durham in 1844 for the use of the children of his tenantry and workpeople. It is attended by about eighty children, James Smith teacher

Atkinson John, grocer and vict. Village Cottage, Wapping

Crown Thomas, contractor of smithwork, Bourn Moor Cottage

Crawford Thomas, coal owner and colliery viewer, Bowes House

Dixon Andrew, brick maker, Boundary House

Donnison John, corn miller, Lambton Mill

Fenwick John, vict. Grey Horse, New Lambton

Harrison John, grocer, New Lambton

Langton Thomas, carrier to Barnard Castle on Tuesday, New Lambton

Leconste Charles, manager, coke works

Morrison James, coke manfr. Bourn Moor coke works, ho. Roker, Sunderland

Robson Robert, tile manufacturer, D. Pit

Rutherford James, land agent to the Earl of Durham, Bowes House

Smith James, master, Wapping Endowed School

Stokoe James, vict. Boundary House

Tully David, farm bailiff to the Earl of Durham, Bowes House

Walton Mrs. Sarah, Birds Nook House

White Thomas E., Bourn Moor House

Winshp Anthony, vict. Board

Wright Robert, grocer

1858- Post Office Directory of Northumberland and Durham

Adamson, George, blacksmith, Chilton Moor

Bell, George, Innkeeper, The Londonderry Arms, Colliery Row

Charlton, Edwin, under viewer, Chilton Moor

Charlton, Jane (Miss), linendraper, Colliery Row

Ellison, Nathaniel Esq., Morton House

Fatherley, Jeremiah, grocer, Colliery Row

Fletcher, Robert, Innkeeper, The Traveller's Rest, Colliery Row

Forster, George, farmer, Morton Grange

Green, George, mining engineer, Chilton Moor

Harrison, Thomas, beer retailer and grocer, Colliery Row

Oliver, Matthew, grocer, draper and beer retailer, Colliery Row

Spoor, Richard, Fence Houses Hotel, post horses, flys, &c., Fence House

Sprout, Elizabeth (Mrs), Innkeeper, The Wellington, Chilton Moor

Thompson, Andrew, station master and postmaster, Fence House

Tindall, William, farmer, Ewe Hill

Wilkinson, Edward, butcher, Colliery Row

1879 - Kelly's Directory of Durham

Atkinson, Mrs, Chilton Moor

Atkinson, Mary and Elizabeth (Misses), grocers and drapers, Burnmoor

Baxter, John, New Lambton

Cockburn, Elizabeth and Cecilia (Misses), milliners, Colliery Row

Fatherly, John, Innkeeper, The Londonderry Arms, Colliery Row

Fletcher, Rt., shopkeeper, Colliery Row

Harrison, Mary (Mrs), grocer, Burnmoor

Hendary, Thomas, Boundary Cottage

Howe, Anthony, tailor, Colliery Row

Langton, Thomas, farmer and butcher, Burnmoor

Latimer. John and Sons, joiners, Colliery Row

Longstaff, John Geo., shopkeeper, Colliery Row

Mason, William, shopkeeper, Colliery Row

Millican, Thomas, Boundary House

Nevens, Edward, boot maker, Colliery Row

Nisbet, James Brodie, veterinary surgeon, Bowes House

Oliver, Matt. Benj., grocer, Colliery Row

Oswald, Peter, farmer, Burnmoor

Palmer, Isaac, Innkeeper, The Britannia, Colliery Row

Parkinson, Mary (Mrs), grocer, Burnmoor

Small, Robert, boot maker, Colliery Row

Steward, William, Bowes House

Tennant, Charles, surgeon, Colliery Row

Todd, William, Innkeeper, Board, Burnmoor

Tully, John, Bowes House

Wilkinson, William, butcher, Colliery Row

Wilson, Joseph, beer retailer, Colliery Row

Winter, Thomas, farmer, Colliery Row

Webster, Henry Robert, D.I., J.P., Morton House

Dodds, Michael, farmer, Morton Grange

Tindale, William, farmer, Ewe Hill

Wheater, William, Fence Houses Hotel

Wright, Robert, grocer, Burnmoor

1890 - Kelly's Directory of Durham

BURNMOOR is a parish, formed Jan 2, 1866, consisting of the townships of BURNMOOR, SOUTH BIDDICK and LAMBTON and part of HARRATON, in the Houghton-le-Spring division of the county, Chester-le-Street union, Houghton-le-Spring petty sessional division, Durham county court district, rural deanery of Houghton-le-Spring, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. Burnmoor is 1 mile north-east from Fence Houses station on the main line of the North Eastern railway, 3 miles north-west from Houghton-le-Spring and 3 east from Chester-le-Street. The church of St. Barnabas, built at the sole charge of the Earl of Durham in the year 1868, is an edifice of brick with stone facings, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave with three bays, aisles, south porch and western turret containing one bell; the chancel is beautifully decorated, and there are several stained windows; the west window is a memorial to Beatrice Frances Hamilton, Countess of Durham d. 21 Jan. 1871, and was erected by parishoners and others attending this church; there are 400 sittings, all free. In the churchyard is a beautiful memorial cross to the late Countess of Durham; it is of Irish limestone, 20 feet high, and is an exact reproduction of the famous Irish cross at Monasterboice. The register dates from the year 1868. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £403, with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Durham, and held since 1866 by the Rev. Alfred Merle Norman M.A. of Christ Church Oxford, and hon. canon to Durham. There is a colliery belonging to, and worked on a very extensive scale by, the Earl of Durham; there are also coke ovens and brick factories. Bowes House in this parish, formerly in the possession of the Bowes family, is now the property of the Earl of Durham, the lord of the manor and chief landowner. The area is 512 acre; rateable value, £8,560; the population of the township in 1881 was 1,355, and of the ecclesiastical parish 1,646.The villages are BURNMOOR and NEW LAMBTON, where there are Wesleyan and Wesleyan Association chapels.

Parish Clerk: George Gray

Post Office: Ralph Wylam, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 9 a.m. from fence Houses which is the nerest money order and telegraph office; dispatched at 6 p.m.

Schools:

National (mixed), built in 1874, for 141 boys; 141 girls; average attendance 130 boys; 24 girls; Thomas Allison, master; Miss Elizabeth Sharpe, mistress

Infants: New Lambton, built 1871, for 100 children; average attendance 85; Miss Wilkinson mistress

Carrier to Newcastle - Thos. Robson, tues, thurs & sat

Baxter John, New Lambton

Gilchrist Charles, Primrose Hill

Hendary James, Boundary Cottage

Matthews Francis J.

Millican Thomas, Boundary House

Nisbet Jas. Brodie F.R.C.V.S. Bowes House

Norman Rev. Alfred Merle M.A. (rector), Rectory

Tully John, Bowes House

Commercial:

Baxter Jn. colliery mangr. New Lambton

Bradley James, Farmer

Bulmer William, grocer New Lambton

Lambton Colliery (Wm. Lishman, agent)

Langton Thomas, farmer

Miller John, farm bailiff to the Earl of Durham, Bowes House farm

Newton Matthew, butcher, Primrose Hill

Nisbet James Brodie F.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon, Bowes House

Tully John, land agent to the Earl of Durham, Bowes House

Wright Robert, grocer

Wylam Ralph, grocer; post office

1894 - History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan, London

Bourn Moor Township, formerly known as Biddick Fence, was separated from Biddick, over one hundred years ago, probably on account of the population attached to the collieries. The village of Burnmoor is about two miles north by west of Houghton-le-Spring. New Lambton is another village in this township. The old school was converted into a reading-room and library when the present one was built. Here also, in connection with the colliery, are extensive brick and tile and sanitary pipe works. The Church, dedicated to St. Barnabas, is a handsome building, of white brick and stone, in the Early English style, erected in 1867, by the Earl of Durham, and consists of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, south porch, and organ chamber. The church will seat 400 persons. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Earl of Durham; gross value, £405; Rev. Alfred Merle Norman, M.A., D.C.L., rector, and hon. Canon of Durham.

1894-5 - The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894

Bourn Moor or Burnmoor, a village, a township and a parish in Durham, with a post office under Fence Houses which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage of township, 512; population, 1362; of the ecclesiastical parish, 1634. The parish comprises the townships of Bourn Moor, South Biddick and Lambton and part of Harraton. 1 mile NE of Fence Houses on the N.E.R. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £405 with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Durham, who is lord of the manor and chief landowner. There are four dissenting chapels. There is a colliery, also coke ovens and brick factories

1914 - Kelly's Directory of Durham

BURNMOOR or Bourne-Moor, is a parish, formed Jan 2, 1866, consisting of the townships of BURNMOOR, SOUTH BIDDICK and LAMBTON and part of HARRATON, in the Houghton-le-Spring division of the county, Chester-le-Street union, Houghton-le-Spring petty sessional division, Durham county court district, rural deanery of Houghton-le-Spring, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. Burnmoor is 1 mile north-east from Fence Houses station on the main line of the North Eastern railway, 3 miles north-west from Houghton-le-Spring and 3 east from Chester-le-Street. The church of St. Barnabas, built at the sole charge of the Earl of Durham in the year 1868, is an edifice of brick with stone facings, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave with three bays, aisles, south porch and western turret containing one bell; the chancel is beautifully decorated, and there are several stained windows; the west window is a memorial to Beatrice Frances Hamilton, Countess of Durham d. 21 Jan. 1871, and was erected by parishoners and others attending this church: in 1897 a new altar table was provided at a cost of £170. In 1882 the church was enlarged by the 3rd Earl of Durham by the addition of a perpendicular north aisle, at a cost of £1,732 and further work was carried out in 1888, at a cost of £464 and now affords about 400 sittings. In the churchyard is a beautiful memorial cross to Beatrice Frances, Countess of Durham; it is of Irish limestone, 20 feet high and is an exact reproduction in proportion of the famous Irish cross at Monasterboice, the Celtic ornamentation being copied from some of the finest specimens in Ireland. The register dates from the year 1868. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Durham K.G. P.C.; G.C.V.O. and held since 1903 by the Rev. Sydney Montgomery Reynolds M.A. of Keble College, Oxford. There is a colliery belonging to, and worked on a very extensive scale, by the Lambton and Hetton Collieries Limited; there are also coke ovens and brick factories. Bowes House in this parish formerly in the possession of the Bowes family, is now the property of the Earl of Durham K.G. the lord of the manor and chief landowner. The area of the township is 513 acres, rateable value £11,204; the population in 1911 was 1,320 in the township and 1,550 in the ecclesiastical parish. The villages in this parish are BURNMOOR and NEW LAMBTON, where there are Wesleyan and Wesleyan Association chapels.

Sexton: William Gibson

Post office, Burnmoor - Ralph Wylam, sub-postmaster. Letters arrice at 9 a.m. & 6 p.m. from Fence Houses. Dispatched at 9:15am & 7.20p.m. New Lambton is the nearest money order office Fence Houses, 2 miles distant, the nearest telegraph office

Burnmoor (boys & girls), built 1874 and enlarged 1897 for 161 boys and 177 girls; average attendance 75 boys and 87 girls. Thomas Allison, master.

New Lambton (mixed) for 200 children, average attendance 137; James P. Oliver, Master

New Lambton (infants), built in 1871 for 150 children, average attendance 55; Miss Georgina Lucas, mistress

Carrier to Newcastle - Thos. Robson, tues, thurs & Chatt William Henry, Bowes House