Harton, Durham

Description
Harton, a village and a township in Jarrow parish, Durham, on the coast, 2 miles S of South Shields station on the N.E.R. There is a post and money order office at Harton Colliery (T.S.O.); telegraph office, South Shields. Acreage of the township, 1851; population, 4631; of the ecclesiastical parish, 585. The name is a corruption of Heorte-dune, signifying " the hill of stags," and like the names of Hart, Hart-ness, and Hartlepool, commemorates the ancient abundance of harts on the Durham seaboard. A cavern on the coast is called the Fames' Rettle cave. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £330 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church was built in 1868, and dedicated to St Peter. West Harton is a consolidated chapelry, cut off from Harton in 1890, a few minutes' walk from Tyne Dock station on the N.E.R. Population, including the South Shields workhouse which is situated in it, 4062. There is an extensive colliery in the district. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £200 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church of All Saints was consecrated in 1890.