Painshaw in 1837

Painshaw or Panshaw lies at some distance north of Houghton, on the banks of the Wear, at the western foot of a conical hill, Painshaw Hill : it is almost entirely occupied by persons connected with the collieries and stone quarries, the opening of which latter occasioned a considerable increase of population from 1821 to 1831 There is a chapel of ease, a plain convenient building, the minister of which is appointed by the rector of Houghton.