Pelton, Durham

Description
Pelton, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Chester-le-Street parish, Durham. The village stands 7 miles N of Durham, 8 S of Newcastle, and 2 1/4 NW of Chester-le-Street station on the N.E.R., and has a station on the Annfield Plain branch of the N.E.R., three-quarters of a mile from the village, and near to the colliery village of Pelton Fell. There is a post and money order office under Chester-le-Street; telegraph office, Pelton Fell. The township comprises 1078 acres; population, 4296. There is a parish council consisting of fifteen members. The ecclesiastical parish is more extensive than the township, comprising part of the townships of Chester-le-Street, Pelton, Urpeth, and the whole of the township of Ouston; was constituted in 1842, and has a population of 6034. The chief employment of the inhabitants is in coal mines, of which there are many in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; net value, £244 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Chester-le-Street. The church was built in 1842, is in. the Gothic style, and consists of chancel, nave, and turret. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.