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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 is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coxhoe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coxhoe in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2747
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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