Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CASSOP

CASSOP, a township and a chapelry in Kelloe parish, Durham. The township lies on the Hartlepool railway, 4½ miles SE by E of Durham; and has a post office, of the name of Cassop-Colliery, under Ferryhill. Acres, 1,622. Real property, £5,248; of which £2,839 are in mines. Pop., 1,661. Houses, 321. The chapelry includes Quarrington. Pop., 3,130. Living, a p. curacy. Value, £300. The church was built in 1868.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cassop CP/Tn       Kelloe AP/CP       County Durham AncC
Place: Cassop

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