A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



and revived Salkeld's plan for making an independent 

 parish. He first caused the chapel to be replaced by 

 a new church on a fresh site given by the bishop in 

 1710-12, and then procured an Act of Parliament by 

 which from 24 June 171 3 Stockton became a parish 

 with the same bounds as the ancient chapelry.'* The 

 incumbent was to be styled vicar of Stockton, and to 

 answer for a third part of the firstfruits and other 

 charges hitherto levied upon Norton. To compen- 

 sate for loss of rates ;^loo was paid to Norton. '^ 

 The Bishop of Durham was made patron of the new 

 benefice, and this arrangement continues. 



At the formation of the parish the Bishop of Dur- 

 ham was empowered to grant some land for an en- 

 dowment. He gave a piece close to the church as a 

 site for a vicarage and another piece, between Sliver 

 Street and Bishop Street, the older South and North 

 Street!, with Thistle Green. Soon afterwards the 

 vicar and vestry granted this land out on lease for 

 1,000 years. As the town grew it became obvious 

 that this policy had been erroneous, but an attempt 

 to upset the lease in 1817 was defeated on trial."" 



The ' chapel of the manor ' was within the bishop's 

 manor-houie or castle, and is often mentioned in con- 

 nexion with charters granted there,"^ ordinations 

 held,^- and other episcopal rites performed.**' 



The educational charities have 

 CHARITIES already been dealt with.^^ 



The official trustees hold a sum of 

 ^^3,946 14/. 4</. 5 per cent. VVar Stock, producing 

 jfl97 6/. 8</. a year, in trust for the Grammar 

 school, which includes a sum of ;(^9oo consols derived 

 under the will of George Sutton, proved in the P.C.C. 

 on 24 April 1 817. The official trustees also hold 

 £i,7-2)^ 8/. lod. consols, the annual dividends, 

 amounting to j^;5 15/. 8/, being applicable as an 

 exhibition endowment. 



Elizabeth Whitley's Foundation, created by a codicil 

 to her will proved at Durham 15 December 1772, 

 consists of a sum of j^32i 10/. id. consols, the annual 

 dividends of which, amounting to ^^8 os. %J., are 

 applicable, under an order of the court of Chancery of 

 7 August 1867, in keeping in repair Elizabeth Whit- 

 ley's monument in Stockton churchyard ; so much of 

 the income not required for this purpose is applied 

 for the benefit of St. Thomas's School. 



St. Thomas's School also receives the sum ofj^l 5/., 

 the dividends on £jf\ \-js. ()d. India 3 per cent, stock 

 derived under the will of William Clarke Vincent, 

 proved at Wakefield on 2 December 1 896, the original 

 trusts of these charities for the repair of monuments in 

 the churchyard being void. The sums of stock are 

 held by the official trustees. 



Charitable Institutions. — The Almshouses and 

 Stockton Dispensary. The old almshouses, which 

 appear to have been founded in 1862, were in 1895 

 sold for j^5,ooo, a portion of which was applied in the 

 purchase of a new site and the erection of new alms- 

 houses with accommodation for a dispensary, the 

 residue being invested in ^1,561 17/. jd. India 

 3 per cent, stock with the official trustees, producing 

 £\6 1 7/. yearly. The new almshouses consist of a 



two-storied building, two rooms on the ground floor 

 of which are used as a dispensary. The almshouses 

 are occupied by eighteen aged women. 



In addition to the sum of ^3°° consols derived 

 under the will of George Sutton above referred to, 

 the almshouses were endowed with X"-"^ consols by 

 the will of Mary Raisbeck, proved on 25 November 

 1853 ; with j^ijo consols by the will of Mary Lam- 

 bert, proved at Durham on 26 February 1875 ; with 

 ^(^285 6/. id. consols by the will of Lydia Wilson, 

 proved at Durham on 16 March 1876; and with 

 £l,ySj 12s. id. consols forming the endowment of 

 the Dinsdale Memorial Charity Fund by declaration 

 of trust of 24 Oct. 1923. The sums of stock are 

 held by the official trustees. The dispensary above 

 referred to is conducted by a committee of subscribers, 

 and is supported by voluntary contributions, and with 

 the interest of certain invested funds. The charity is 

 regulated by schemes of the Ch.irity Commissioners 

 of 1870 and 1898. 



The Stockton and Thornaby Hospital, comprised 

 in a deed of 3 August 1875, is supported mainly by 

 voluntary contributions. The official trustees, however, 

 hold in trust for the hospital a sum of j^2i9 I It. id. 

 London County 3 per cent, stock, derived under the 

 will of Edward D'Oyley Bailey, proved at London on 

 26 .August 1896. Asumof/525 3 i per cent, stock 

 of the Stockton Corporation is also held by the trustees 

 of the hospital, arising from a legacy of ^250 by the 

 will of James Brown, 1901, and a gift of ;^25o by 

 Frank Brown, and a legacy of £2 5 by the will of 

 Miss Elizabeth Clifton. Joseph Richardson, by his 

 will proved at London on 5 December 1902, be- 

 queathed jf 1,000 to the Free Surgical Hospital, of 

 which ^500 was appropriated to the hospital building 

 fund and ^^500 invested in £s^S '4'- 3'^- London 

 County 3 per cent, stock with the official trustees, the 

 dividends of which are being accumulated to replace 

 j^2 5o, part of thej^joo expended in buildings. The 

 offici.al trustees also hold ^^5,031 12/. $d. 5 per cent. 

 War Stock, made up from various bequests, producing 

 ^^251 11/. 6d. ; ;^35° 3'- ^°'^- India 3 per cent, 

 stock, being a legacy from Alderman A. G. Rudd ; 

 _^I46 13;. Sd. Port of London 4 per cent. B stock, 

 being legacies from H. Tossall and Jane Heslop ; 

 ^^524 6s. Port of London 3 per cent. A stock, being 

 legacies from T. E. Atterby and Kate Walker ; 

 /i,ooo 5 per cent. War Stock, being the Madge 

 Free Cot Fund founded by declaration of trust 

 24 July 1919 ; and j(^ 1,700 5 per cent. War Stock, 

 being the Littleboy Free Bed Fund founded by 

 declaration of trust 14 Sept. 1925. Special invest- 

 ments for the Extension Fund Account, not held by 

 the official trustees, are / 10,000 5 per cent. National 

 War Bonds, 1928, being the donation of Sir Robert 

 Ropner, and ^^5,746 15/. Sd. 4 per cent. Funding 

 Stock, being a bequest from the estate of the late 

 Wilfrid Evelyn Littleboy. 



The Ropner Convalescent Home, comprised in a 

 deed of 9 August 1897, consists of a house and about 

 3 J acres of land situate in Middleton-One-Row, pur- 

 chased with j^2,ooo given by Robert Ropner in com- 



" Statute of 12 Anne printed in 

 Brewster, op. cit. 168. A further Act 

 of I George I is printed in Brewster, 

 op. cit. 175. Rudd became rector of Long 

 Newton in 171 2, before the Vicarage Act 

 came into force. 



" Brewster, op. cit. 123. 



*" Surtees, op. cit. ill, iSl, 403-4; 

 Brewster, op. cit. {2nd cd.), 475. The 

 bounds of the land are marked on the 

 plan of 1724. 



364 



*' Reg. Palm. Dunelm. (Rolls Ser.), 

 i, 319 ; iv,424. *' Ibid, iii, 1 1 1, &c. 



'» r«f.£Aor.(Surt.Soc.),iii, 328 ct seq., 

 the veiling of Ellen Urmstow, widow, 

 in IJ.36. 



»• y.C.H. Dur. i, 401, 403. 



