WOLVISTON, a chapelry in the parish of BILLINGHAM,
north-eastern division of STOCKTON ward, county palatine
of DURHAM, 4 miles {N. by E.) from Stockton
upon .Tees, containing 541 inhabitants. The living is a.
perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Durham, endowed with £800 private benefaction, £400
royal bounty, and £ 600 parliamentary grant, and in the
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The
chapel, dedicated to St Peter, is situated on an eminence)
it is a modern brick edifice, and has.lately received an
addition of one hundred and forty sittings, of which one
hundred are free, the Incorporated'Society for the enlargement
of churches and chapels having granted £75
towards defraying the expense.