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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Whitworth is an ancient parish and the church was founded by the Lord of Whitworth. The church was rebuilt in 1803 and 1850 and had further improvement in 1889 and 1892. Other places in the parish include: Spennymoor, Tudhoe, and Tudoe. <br> | Whitworth is an ancient parish and the church was founded by the Lord of Whitworth. The church was rebuilt in 1803 and 1850 and had further improvement in 1889 and 1892. Other places in the parish include: Spennymoor, Tudhoe, and Tudoe. <br> | ||
WHITWORTH, a parochial chapelry, partly in the union of Auckland, and partly in that of Durham, S. E. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the township of Tudhoe, 617 inhabitants, of whom 290 are in Whitworth township, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Bishop-Auckland. According to the Boldon book, this manor was held by Thomas de Acley, by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee; it was afterwards possessed by the Whytworths and the Nevills, and subsequently by the Shafto family. The chapelry comprises about 3250 acres: the village is pleasantly situated about three-quarters of a mile south of the river Wear. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, the appropriators; net income, £243. The incumbent's tithes have been commuted for £179, and the glebe consists of 24 acres. The chapel was originally subject to the vicarage of Merrington: in the cemetery, among other ancient memorials, are a monument of a knight in armour, and the effigies of two females. | WHITWORTH, a parochial chapelry, partly in the union of Auckland, and partly in that of Durham, S. E. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the township of Tudhoe, 617 inhabitants, of whom 290 are in Whitworth township, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Bishop-Auckland. According to the Boldon book, this manor was held by Thomas de Acley, by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee; it was afterwards possessed by the Whytworths and the Nevills, and subsequently by the Shafto family. The chapelry comprises about 3250 acres: the village is pleasantly situated about three-quarters of a mile south of the river Wear. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, the appropriators; net income, £243. The incumbent's tithes have been commuted for £179, and the glebe consists of 24 acres. The chapel was originally subject to the vicarage of Merrington: in the cemetery, among other ancient memorials, are a monument of a knight in armour, and the effigies of two females. | ||
From: 'Whitton - Whorlton', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 561-564. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51402 Date accessed: 25 March 2011.<br> | From: 'Whitton - Whorlton', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 561-564. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51402 Date accessed: 25 March 2011.<br> | ||
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitworth like this: | |||
WHITWORTH, a parish in Auckland district, Durham; around Spennymoor r. station, and 4 miles NE by N of Bishop-Auckland. It contains Spennymoor, which has a post-office under Ferryhill. Acres, 1,465. Real property, £7,402; of which £5,219 are in mines, and £50 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 659; in 1861, 3,629. Houses, 636. W. Park is the seat of R. Duncombe, Esq. Old Park belonged once to the Bishops of Durham; became the residence of Dr. Wharton; was frequently visited, in his time, by the poet Gray; passed to the Myddleton family; and was recently sold to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £340.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of D. The church was restored in 1850. A chapel of ease and three dissenting chapels are at Spennymoor. | |||
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== Resources == | == Resources == | ||