Bardon Mill

 

1894 Kelly's Directory of Northumberland

"Bardon Mill is a hamlet and station on the Carlisle and Newcastle section of the North Eastern railway, 4 3/4 miles east from Haltwhistle.  The United Free church is a building of stone, erected in 1860, at a cost of £150, and seating about 100 persons.  Here is a brick and tile manufactory carried on by Messrs. Errington, Reay and Co.  The Reading Room and Library was established in 1893; the library now (1894) contains 300 volumes, and the institution has 80 members."

"Post, M.O. & T.O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Bardon Mill station. -- James Henry Thompson, postmaster.  Letters arrive from Newcastle at 7.48 a.m. from Carlisle at 7.32 a.m.; dispatched to Newcastle, 10.45 a.m. 3 p.m. & 7.15 p.m. to Carlisle, 6 p.m. & to Hexham, 7.15 p.m.  Sunday, arrive from Newcastle, 8.38 a.m. from Carlisle, 8.9 a.m.; dispatched to Newcastle, 7.4 p.m. to Carlisle, 6.20 p.m."

"Railway Station, Bardon Mill. James Henry Thompson, station master"

"Carriers to Newcastle. -- Hutchinson, of Acomb, every mon"

Bardon Mill Reading Room & Library (Willaim Orr, hon. sec.)
Errington, Reay & Co. brick & tile manufacturers, Tyneside fire brick & sanitary pipe works &c.: makers of the Silica brick, tiles, guards, lumps or blocks, ridge tiles & sanitary appliances; depot, Botchergate, Carlisle
Errington Robert, brick maker, see Errington, Reay & Co
Nicholson Wm., miller (water) & farmer
Orr William, tailor
Reay William, brick maker, see Errington, Reay & Co.
Robinson Thomas, travelling tea dealer
Taylor Benjamin, Station hotel, wine & spirit dealer; comfortable apartments & good stabling
Thompson James Henry, station master & post master

 

1914 Kelly's Directory of Northumberland

"Bardon Mill is a hamlet and station on the Carlisle and Newcastle section of the North Eastern railway, 5 miles east from Haltwhistle, 11 west of Hexham and 31 1/2 west of Newcastle-on-Tyne.  The United Methodist chapel is a building of stone, erected in 1860, at a cost of £150, and seating about 100 persons.  Here is a brick and tile manufactory.  The Reading Room and Library was established in 1893; the library contains 420 volumes."

"Post, M.O. & T. Office, Bardon Mill Station (letters should have Northumberland added). -- James Henry Thompson, postmaster.  Letters arrive from Carlisle at 7.22 a.m. & 5.23 p.m. & from Hexham at 7.48 a.m. & 6.29 p.m.; dispatched to Newcastle, 10:49 a.m. & 3.15 & 7.9 p.m.; to Carlisle, 6.29 p.m. & to Hexham, from Carlisle, 8.11 a.m.; dispatched to Newcastle, 7.14 p.m.; to Carlisle, 7.10 p.m."

"Railway Station Bardon Mill, James Henry Thompson, station master"

Pratt Dixon, The Grange
Bardon Mill Public Hall Co. Limited (E.J. Carroll, sec)
Bardon Mill Reading Room (William Forster, hon. sec)
Dickinson John Lawrence, Bowes htl
Errington, Reay & Co. brick & tile manufacturers
Harding Henderson, grocer
London Joint Stock Bank Limited (sub-branch) (open friday, from 11.30 a.m. to 3 p.m.) (W.S. Walton, manager); draw on head office, 5 Princes st. London EC
Nicholson John, miller (water)
Reay Isaac, shopkeeper