PAINSHAW, a chapelry in the parish of HOUGHTON-le-SPRING,
northern division of EASINGTON ward, county
palatine of DURHAM, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Houghton
le Spring, containing 2090 inhabitants. The living is
a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Durham, endowed with £400 private benefaction, and
£ 600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Rector
of .Houghton. The chapel was built in 1746. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Freestone,
limestone, and firestone abound here, a considerable
quantity of the latter being exported. At Low
Lambton, within the township, are some coal-staiths.