The Eals, Knaresdale or Knarsdale,Burnstones
EALS is a small hamlet, consisting of a few scattered farms, on the east side of the South Tyne, here crossed by a stone bridge of two arches, 2 miles north from Slaggyford station on the AIston branch railway, and 6 south-by-south-west from Haltwhistle.
The Wesleyan chapel here erected in 1871 at a cost of £120, is a small building of stone, seating 50 persons.
Baxter Jane (Mrs) & Robert, farmers & landowners Eals
Kennedy Sarah (Miss), farmer, Eals
Murray John, cow keeper, Eals
Richardson William farmer, Eals
Stephenson Elizabeth. (Mrs.) farmer Eals
KNARESDALE (or Knarsdale) is an extensive parish, and occupies a wild mountainous tract of land at the North-western extremity of the county; it is 1mile north from Slaggyford station on the Alston and Haltwhistle branch of the North Eastern railway, 6 from Alston and 7 south-by-south-west from Haltwhistle, in the Hexham division of the county, west division of Tindale ward, Haltwhistle petty sessional division, union of Haltwhistle and county court district of Alston, rural deanery of Hexham, archdeaconry of Northumberland and diocese of Newcastle. Lintley Bridge, erected in 1832, connects the two parishes of Knaresdale and Kirkhaugh.
The church (not dedicated), situated on the west bank of the South Tyne, was erected in 1833, and is supposed to be the third on the present site: it is a building of stone in the Decorated style, and consists of chancel, nave and a western turret containing one bell, dated 1847: in 1892 the church was completely renovated, a new chancel built, new roofs fixed and a great portion of the western side rebuilt and the interior reseated, at a cost of £1,000 in 1906 a new vestry and porch were added at a cost of £250, The communion cup is inscribed " Knarsdale, 1731 :" there are 150 sittings, The register dates from the year 1695, There is a list of the rectors from the first, Hugh de Swinburne, in 1313, to the present time. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £197, including 30 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Walter Canrobert Ingledow B,.A.. of Durham University.
Ingledow Rev. Walter Canrobert B.A. (rector), Rectory
John Stothert, Sexton.
The charities consist of Stevenson's of £2 yearly for eight poor widows, distributed at Christmas, and the interest of £20 left by the late George Bell, of Slaggyford, for the poor. Knaresdale Hall, an ancient mansion, near the church, is occupied as a farmhouse.
James Hope Wallace esq. of Featherstone Castle, Haltwhistle who is lord of the manor, John B. Lowes esq.of Allan's Green, Robert Hodgson Horrocks esq. of Salkeld Hall, Cumberland. Joseph William Foley esq. of Kingstown.. Ireland, and Harry Gill esq. are the principal landowners.
The soil on the moors is of a peaty nature, but is very fertile in the valleys; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are Hay and oats, turnips are also cultivated in small quantities. The area is 150473 acres, of which 12,000 acres, inclosed in 1859. was formerly common land, and 116 water; rateable value, £40476; the population in 1901 was 332.
Green John, Merit hall
Armstrong Margaret (Mrs.), Church Stile P.H
Bell Thomas, stone Waller,
Lonning Bell William farmer. The Hill & Greenhaugh
Elliott Joseph & Simon, farmers, Stone hall
Forster Joseph, farmer & overseer, Merry knowe; Long dyke head & Barnstown head
Henderson Jn. N. shoemaker Knarrburn
Henderson Thomas, farmer, Hole house
Holmes Thomas joiner, Mount Pleasant
Horn John, farmer, Farhouse
Lambert Joseph, farmer & landowner, Barns Town foot
Liddell John Pears, farmer, Pryhead & Hanging Shaw
Moore Thomas, farmer, Softley
Nixon Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Darkdale
Parker Robert, farmer, Know head
Raine Henry, Robert & Joseph, farmers, Low Thornhope, High Thorn hope & Benks
Ridley Elliott, farmer, Merry knowe
Ridley William. farmer, Knaresdale hall
Ridley William. farmer, Sanders close
Shortridge Francis & Thomas, farmers, Aulis hill
Sowerby John, farmer & landowner, Amos hill, High Luzley
Sowerby Thos. gamekeeper, Side house
Stothart Isabella (Mrs.) farmer Barnes
Stothart Thomas. William farmer Knarr
Teasdale Thomas & Mathew, farmers, Bogg & Parson shield
BURNSTONES is a small hamlet, half a mile west from the church on road to Alston
Stephenson Mrs. Burnstones
Bywell Thomas farmer, Burnstones
Jackson Frank blacksmith Burnstones
Morris Arthur, Burnstones inn
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