The Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Coxhoe’s Clarence Railway had opened at the north of the village in 1833. In direct competition this railway was conceived in an attempt to prevent mineral traffic from west Durham being funnelled to Teesside via the ‘Stockton and Darlington’ and ‘Clarence’ railways—it could connect theContinue reading “Coxhoes Railway History Pt.II”
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Coxhoes Railway History
The Clarence Railway At our January meeting speaker Martin Peagam’s ‘The Railway Men’ presentation included information on some of the key people involved in the development of the ‘Stockton and Darlington Railway’ which celebrates its 200th Anniversary this year – it opened on 27th September 1825 when Stephenson’s Locomotion No 1 hauled the train fromContinue reading “Coxhoes Railway History”
Publicans, Public Houses,Inns, Taverns and Hotels in Coxhoe.
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) Part 1. By Barbara Leo History of pub signs Pub signs and names are good indicators of history. Pub signs go back as far as the Romans when a ‘Tabernae’ (tavern) in England would have a small evergreen bush outside to show they sold wine or an ale stake toContinue reading “Publicans, Public Houses,Inns, Taverns and Hotels in Coxhoe.”
Arthur Cornah Collection
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) At a recent meeting Arthur Cornah one of our regular attendees gifted the group photographs showing the development of the Beechfield Rise estate alongside earlier images of a flood in the yard of Talbots Coal and Bus company at Prospect Place , Coxhoe.
The Origins Of Coxhoe’s Name
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) In 2008, children in year 3 from Coxhoe Primary School were given a task to discover and explore the origins of Coxhoe’s name. After this task, a very symbolic picture was drawn by one of the children which shows, how the name of the village has changed over time andContinue reading “The Origins Of Coxhoe’s Name”
Public Houses
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) A sample of some of the public houses that once were at the centre of social life in Coxhoe.
Cornforth Lane
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) The route from east to west.
Blackgate
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) The area based south of the village crossroads known as Blackgate. Once the site of the toll gate on the main Stockton to Durham road, the route is still today a main thoroughfare in Coxhoe
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