In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coxhoe like this:
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.
Coxhoe through time
Coxhoe is now part of Durham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Durham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coxhoe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coxhoe, in Durham and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2747
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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