Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COXHOE

COXHOE, a township and a chapelry in Kelloe parish, Durham. The t. lies on the Hartlepool railway, 5½ miles SSE of Durham; and has a post office ‡ under Ferryhill, and a r. station. Acres, 1, 055. Real property, £11, 026; of which £6, 000 are in mines. Pop., 4, 171. Houses, 793.House is the seat of A. Wilkinson, Esq. Coal and lime are extensively worked. The chapelry was constituted in 1865. Pop., 2, 600. The living is a vicarage. Value, £200. There are two Methodist chapels.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Coxhoe CP/Tn       Kelloe AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Coxhoe

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