WESTOE, a chapelry in the parish of JARROW,
eastern division of CHESTER ward, county palatine of
DURHAM, containing 7618 inhabitants. The living is
a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Durham, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and
£1700 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of
the Perpetual Curate of South Shields. Westoe is a
populous suburb to South Shields, the market-place
and many of the principal streets of which are comprised
in this township.