Weardale St John, Durham

Historical Description

Weardale St John, an ecclesiastical district, with a village, in Stanhope parish, Durham, on the river Wear, 7 miles W of Stanhope station on the N.E.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office of the name of St. John's Chapel, under Darlington. Population, 1318. Fairs are held on the third Wednesday in April, the second in Sept., and the second Saturdays in May and Nov. There are a town-hall and reading-rooms. Many of the inhabitants are employed in extensive ironstone mines. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; net value, £459 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. The church is in the Italian style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, and western tower. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Wesleyan chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Weardale St John from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Weardale, St. John, or St. John's Chapel)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online:

• Hartlepool Mail
• Northern Echo
• Durham County Advertiser
• Teesdale Mercury