Reverend David Fleming
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) The First Vicar Of Coxhoe Reverend David Fleming 1830 – 1920 Vicar of St. Mary’s Church, Coxhoe 1867 – 1920 Honorary Canon of Durham Cathedral 1916 – 1920 David Fleming was born in Old Monkton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. A member of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was awarded a BA at…
The Methodist Movement in Coxhoe. Pt 2.
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) Changing Times….. Part Two. We explore how the history behind the amalgamation of the two branches of Methodism and its impact in Coxhoe. There is no doubt that 1932 was a historical time in the life of British Methodism. That year, the main branches of British Methodism in the United…
The Methodist Movement in Coxhoe. Part 1.
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) In the beginning……. Part One in which we take a look at the development of the Methodist Movement in Coxhoe. Methodism ( in the form of the Primitive Methodist Church) first came to Coxhoe early in the 19th Century. In September, 1838, ( the year of a great revival) Coxhoe’s…
Coxhoe’s Religious Heritage
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) “Religion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was a powerful force which cut across barriers of social status and wealth. “Norman McCord ‘North East England 1760 – 1960” In the early 1800s when Coxhoe was a small hamlet it had no building dedicated to religion. The village was divided…
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