Eggleston Durham Family History Guide

Eggleston is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Durham, created in 1744 from a chapelry in Middleton in Teesdale Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Egglestone, Egleston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1795
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1795

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EGGLESTONE, a chapelry in Middleton-in-Teesdale parish, Durham; on the verge of the county, at the river Tees, 5½ miles NW by N of Barnard-Castle. It has a post-office under Darlington. Acres, 7, 919. Real property, £28, 807; of which £26, 177 are in mines, and £20 in quarries. Pop., 788. Houses, 151.

The manor, with Egglestone Hall, belongs to the Hutchinsons. Much of the surface is hill and moor. Lead mines are worked to a great extent; are said to have been in operation from the time of Henry VI.; and probably were known to the Romans. Nemal-edge, near Egglestone Hall, commands a fine view, and has a cromlech.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £100. Patron, the Rector of Middleton. A new church was built in 1869. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a mechanics’ institute. Charities, £13.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

EGGLESTONE, a chapelry, in the parish of Middleton-in-Teesdale, union of Teesdale, S. W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Barnard-Castle; containing 617 inhabitants.

The chapelry is bounded on the south by the river Tees, over which is a handsome bridge; and comprises an area of 7920 acres. The surface is pleasingly diversified, rising gradually from the river, near which it is richly wooded; the trees diminish in number as they recede from the bank of the Tees, and disappear towards the summits of the hills in a vast tract of moorland abounding in grouse, where numerous trunks and branches of pine-trees are found imbedded in the soil, apparently vestiges of an ancient forest. The soil near the river is extremely rich; in other parts generally clay, alternated with beds of sand, and veins of stone.

Lead and iron ore are found in abundance, and vestiges of iron-mines are frequently discovered, some of which bear internal evidence of having been wrought by the Romans; mines of lead have been in operation since the time of Henry VI., and the London Lead Company have established works here, in which from 60 to 70 persons are employed in smelting the ore raised from various lead-mines in Teesdale.

Egglestone Hall is a handsome mansion, erected on the site of a former structure by William Hutchinson, Esq., uncle of the present proprietor. The chapel, which is situated within the demesne of the Hall, is an ancient structure in the Norman style, consisting of a nave and chancel, in which are several monuments to the Hutchinson family; the nave was enlarged and newly roofed about the commencement of the present century.

The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Rector of Middleton, and has a net income of £100.

There is a place of worship for a congregation of Wesleyan Methodists.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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Directories

Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880

EGGLESTONE

Boot & Shoe Makers & Dealers
Allison Robert, Romald Kirk
Anderson Henr,y Mickleton
Coates Henry
Coates William Walton
Dent John, Mickleton
Dent Thomas, Romald Kirk
Hodgson Joseph, Mickleton
Nodding John
Raine James
Raine John
Thompson William Mickleton
Walker Robert Romald Kirk
Walton Thomas

Administration

County: Durham
Civil Registration District: Teesdale
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Durham
Rural Deanery: Darlington
Poor Law Union: Teesdale
Hundred: Darlington Ward
Province: York