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Kelloe  County Durham

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kelloe like this:

KELLOE, a township in Easington district, and a parish partly also in Durham district, Durhamshire. The township lies on a branch of the Hartlepool railway, 6½ miles SE of Durham; and has a post office under Ferryhill. Acres, 1, 592. Real property, £11, 297; of which £9, 047 are in mines. ...


Pop. in 1851, 149; in 1861, 530. Houses, 90. The manor belonged anciently to the Kellaws or Kellows, one of whom, Richard Kellow, became Bishop of Durham in 1311; and it took its name from them.—The parish contains also the townships of Thornley, Wingate, Coxhoe, Quarrington, and Cassop. Acres, 11, 119. Real property, £46, 862; of which £27, 435 are in mines, £20 in quarries, and £399 in railways. Pop. in 1851, 12, 278; in 1861, 12, 867. Houses, 2, 490. The pop. in 1831 was only 663; and the great subsequent increase of it arose from the opening and extending of coal mines. The property is much subdivided. Coxhoe Hall is a chief residence. There are brickfields, limeworks, and corn mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £212. * Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church is decorated English, but has a chancel of 1854, with a memorial window to Miss Wood; and it was founded by the Kellaws, as a chantry; and it has a tower. The chapelries of Thornley, Coxhoe, and Cassop-cum-Quarrington are separate benefices. There are several Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a partly-endowed girls' school.

Kelloe through time

Kelloe is now part of Durham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Durham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kelloe itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kelloe, in Durham and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4214

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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