John Hodgson (antiquary)
| John Hodgson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 November 1779 Shap, Westmoreland, England |
| Died | 12 June 1845 (aged 65) Hartburn, Northumberland, England |
| Resting place |
Hartburn, Northumberland 55°10′09″N 1°51′47″W / 55.169134°N 1.863003°WCoordinates: 55°10′09″N 1°51′47″W / 55.169134°N 1.863003°W |
| Occupation | Schoolteacher, clergyman, writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | UK |
| Education | Bampton grammar school, Westmoreland |
| Notable works | Poems written at Lanchester (1807), The Picture of Newcastle-on-Tyne (1812), History of Northumberland (1820–1839) |
| Years active | 1801–1845 |
| Spouse | Jane Bridget Kell |
John Hodgson (1779–1845) was an English clergyman and antiquary, known as the county historian of Northumberland.
The son of Isaac Hodgson and Elizabeth, daughter of William Rawes, he was born at Swindale, in the parish of Shap, Westmoreland, on 4 November 1779; his father was a stonemason. Hodgson studied at the grammar school of Bampton from the age of seven to nineteen. He learned a good deal of classics, mathematics, chemistry, botany, and geology, and acquired an interest in natural history and local antiquities, through rambles in the countryside.
His parents were too poor to make a university education possible, and at the age of twenty he started work as the master of the village school at Matterdale, near Ullswater. He soon moved to a school at Stainton, near Penrith. Early in 1801 he was appointed to the school of Sedgefield in County Durham, where the endowment was £20. The rector of Sedgefield, George Barrington, was a nephew of Shute Barrington, the Bishop of Durham, and his curates supported Hodgson.
Hodgson was offered an appointment as director of some ironworks near Newcastle, with a salary of £300 a year, but turned it down. In 1802, however, he failed an examination for Holy Orders. In poor health, he left Sedgefield in 1803, for the mastership of the school at Lanchester, County Durham. There in 1804, he succeeded in passing his examination for ordination, and became curate of the chapelries of Esh and Saltley, hamlets in the parish of Lanchester, where he still kept his school.
In 1806, Hodgson left Lanchester for the curacy of Gateshead; in 1808 he was presented by a private patron, Mr. Ellison, with the living of Jarrow with Heworth. The income barely amounted to £100 a year; it was congenial to Hodgson's tastes to serve the church, which had been founded by Bede. In 1810 he married Jane Bridget, daughter of Richard Kell, a stone merchant, of his parish.
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