Parish Notes Durham
Hamsterley St James
[Population 1911: 641]
Parish Notes Durham
[Population 1911: 641]
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The Church, an ancient cruciform structure, dedicated to St. James, was fromerly prebendal to Auckland College, and contained a chantry or guild, from which Rowland Brown, the last incumbent, received an annual pension of £2 4s. in 1553. It is stuated about half-a-mile from the village, and contains sittings for 300 persons. The entrance is by a south porch, above which is a sun dial, with the inscription,
"MAN FLEETH AS A SHADOW.
1803."
The baptismal font is a small circular basin, and the ancient piscina still remains in the south wall of the chancel. The church was thoroughly cleaned and painted in 1842, at the expense of David Maclean, Esq., Robert Surtees, Esq., and G.T. Leaton Blenkinsopp, Esq., The living is a curacy not in charge, in the deanery of Darlington, of the certified value of £18 6s., and endowed with £10 per annum by Lord Crewe's trustees. The value of the living is stated at £90 per annum. The glebe consists of a close, to the north-east of the village, and a small farm of about 60 acres, Called Moor Hill, subject to a tithe rent charge of £5 per annum. About two-and-a-half acres, west of the village, were added to these a few years ago. The parish register commences in 1588. The owners of the Witton Castle estate are the patrons, and the Rev. J.G. Milner, incumbent.
The Parsonage House is situated at the west end of the village, and was enlarged and restored in 1851, at a cost of £400. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 304.]
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Newcastle Courant 3/6/1842 G.T.L. Blenkinsopp, Esq., of Hoppylands Park, has presented a communion flagon and plate to the chapel at Hamsterley, and also a cover for the altar, a carpet, a coat and staff for the sexton, and a gown for the clerk.
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