A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



are applied in the payment of the salary of the 

 sexton and church expenses. 



In 1 701 the Rev. John Cock, by his will, 

 directed ^600 to be invested in land, the 

 income arising therefrom to be spent in teach- 

 ing poor girls, in apprenticing boys, in medi- 

 cal aid, in clothes and money to poor, and 

 in distribution of bibles and other religious 

 books. 



The property consisted of a farm, known as 

 Elvet Farm, containing 44 a. 2 r., of the annual 

 rental value of ^jo. The farm was sold in 192 1 

 and the proceeds invested in £6, 115 5/. 2d. 

 2j per cent, consols, with the official receivers, 

 producing j^iS2 i-s. id. yearly. In 1925 the net 

 income was applied in the paj-ment of ^^5 5/. to 

 the Durham County Hospital; of ^^lo to St. 

 Oswald's Schools; £z 10s. in books; £1^ for 

 medical purposes, and the balance, in money and 

 clothing, to the poor. 



Township of Elvet. In 1837 George Ashton, 

 by will, proved at Durham 28 January, 

 directed that stock producing ;^ioo a year should 

 be transferred to trustees, the income to be 

 divided annually among eight poor women. 

 The endowment now consists of £l,'J'i'i \s. 

 consols, in the names of the administrating 

 trustees. The annual dividends, amounting to 

 ^^92 16s. \d., are divided equally among eight 

 poor and aged widows. 



Croxdale St. Bartholomew. The charity of 

 Charles Attwood, founded by will, proved 

 London, 31 March 1875, is regulated by a 

 scheme of the Charity Commissioners, 7 April 

 1909. The endowment, originally an annuity of 

 ^£25, is now represented, with accumulations, 

 by /i,25i 14/. %d. consols, with the official 

 trustees, producing ^^31 5;. id. yearly. The 

 income is applied for the benefit of poor of 

 Croxdale St. Bartholomew, as follows : Sub- 

 scriptions to any dispensary, hospital, etc. ; 

 any provident club for the supply of coal, 



clothing, etc. ; contributions towards provision 

 of nurses for sick and infirm ; and in supply of 

 clothes, linen, bedding, fuel, tools, medical aid, 

 food, and other articles in kind. 



The St. Margaret Church estate is derived 

 from ancient tenements, and allotments of land 

 made in respect thereof, on the inclosure of 

 Crossgate and Framwellgate Moors. 



The property now consists of 12 a. 3 r. 33 p. 

 of land situate in Crossgate and Framwellgate 

 Moors, producing £\6 3/., and ;^5,387 10/. c,d. 

 5 per cent. War Stock, producing ;^269 7/. 6d. 

 yearly, with the official trustees, arising from 

 sales of land from time to time, representing a 

 gift, in 1885, by James John Wilkinson. 



The income of the charity is applied in the 

 maintenance and repair of the church. 



In 1704 John Hutchinson, by will, proved at 

 Durham, gave 52J. yearly to be distributed in 

 bread to 12 poor people every Sunday attending 

 divine service. This charge issued out of two 

 houses in Framwellgate Street. £z zs. is received 

 from the owners in respect of two houses in 

 Framwellgate Street, los. has for many years 

 been paid by the churchwardens. 



The poor also receive a rent charge of 20/., 

 mentioned in the parUamentary returns of 1786 

 as charged upon an estate at Alwent. The 

 annuity is paid by the Earl of Strathmore. 



In 1782 Catherine Andrews, by her will, gave 

 j^ioo for the poor. The legacy was, with a sum 

 of j^i2 12/., given in 1739 by the Rev. John 

 Simon, invested in ;^200 consols, now held by 

 the official trustees, producing ^^5 yearly. The 

 income is distributed monthly in small sums to 

 the poor. 



In 1799 Robert White, by his will, bequeathed 

 j^io, the interest to be distributed to the poor 

 of South Street. The principal sum is in the 

 hands of the rector and churchwardens of St. 

 Margaret's, by whom 10/. a year is distributed 

 in respect of this charity. 



ST. GILES 



The ancient parish of St. Giles contained 1,853 

 acres exclusive of the extra-parochial district of 

 Magdalen's Place that covered 26 acres. The 

 northern and much of the eastern portions of the 

 parish have been formed into the modern parish 

 of Belmont,^ containing the settlements at 

 Belmont, Broomside, Carr Ville, Kepier Grange, 

 Old Grange, New Durham, and the greater part 

 of Gilesgate Moor. The parish lies for the most 

 part on the coal measures, though patches of 



^ Under the provisions of the Local Government 

 Act, 1894. The ecclesiastical parish of Belmont was 

 formed in 1852 {Land. Gaz. 10 Feb. 1852, p. 370). 



alluvium occur along the banks of the Wear, 

 which for some way forms the southern and 

 western boundary. 



The most westerly portion of the parish occu- 

 pies the ridge connecting the moorland north of 

 Sherburn with the promontory on which stand 

 the castle and cathedral church of Durham. The 

 main road eastwards from the city runs along 

 the ridge, dips, rises again to the church of St. 

 Giles, and then makes its divided way to Sher- 

 burn and Sunderland. The older houses in the 

 parish lie along this road of GiUigate, and the 

 whole history of the parish is centred round the 

 hospital of St. Giles founded here by Bishop 



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