Parish Notes Durham

Hurworth All Saints

[Population 1911: 1,788]

Church

The Church is dedicated to All Saints, and stands on the south side of the road through the village, close to the bank of the Tees. It comprises a nave, aisles, chancel and western tower, the latter being the only portion of the old church now remaining, the other portions having been rebuilt in 1831-2. The cost of the restoration, by which upwards of 500 additional sittings were obtained, was £1,965 16s. 4d.; a good clock, purchased by a separate subscription, was also placed in the tower. The eastern window of the chancel is of stained glass, and is divided into five compartments, containing representations of our Saviour and the four evangelists. On the western front of the tower, are three shields of arms; the one on the right Neville's, the centre, Tailbois's, and that on the left Dacre's. The churchyard extends to the brink of the cliff washed by the Tees, and commands a fine view of the surrounding country. The living was in the patronage of the lords of Hurworth till the sale of the manor to Lawson and Ward, in 1607. Lawson's moiety descended to the Jennisons, and was sold by them to Dr. Johnson, rector of Hurworth, from whose descendentsit descended to William Hogg Esq. The other portion, in 1708, was the property of the Byerlys of Midridge Grange, and was alienated to the Carrs, of Cocken. It was afterwards possessed by Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart., by whom it was conveyed to Robert Hopper Williamson, Esq., recorder of Newcastle; and is now the property of his son, the Rev. R.H. Williamson, rector of Hurworth, who has also acquired Hogg's moiety. The living is a rectory, in the deanery of Stockton, valued in the Liber Regis at £27 5s. 5d.; gross income £699. The parish registers commence in 1559. The rector is lord of a small copyhold manor, and the glebe consists of sixty-three acres. [Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), pages 405-06.]

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Non-Parochial Records

Newcastle Courant 24/8/1849 A man of 70 years of age had a leg amputated last week at Hurworth under the influence of chloroform, without the smallest pain; indeed, he remained quite unconcious, and was surprised, on awaking, to find that the limb was gone.

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Monumental Inscriptions

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