Cassop

Village in County Durham, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cassop (formerly New Cassop) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It has a population of about 500 and is located near the city of Durham. A former mining village, mining is no longer the main occupation of Cassop's inhabitants due to extensive mine closure over the last 30 years.

Population500 (est)
OSgridreferenceNZ345383
Civil parish
Post townDURHAM
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Cassop
Cassop Vale National Nature Reserve
Cassop Vale National Nature Reserve
lies west of Cassop village
Location of Cassop within County Durham, west of A1 motorway and south of north border of Durham
Location of Cassop within County Durham, west of A1 motorway and south of north border of Durham
Cassop
Location within County Durham
Population500 (est)
OS grid referenceNZ345383
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDURHAM
Postcode districtDH6
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
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UK
England
County Durham
54.739°N 1.465°W / 54.739; -1.465
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Cassop Primary School is believed to have been the first in the UK to generate some of its own electricity with its own wind turbine which was erected in February 1999.[1]

History

Cassop was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Kelloe,[2] from 1866 Cassop was a civil parish in its own right,[3] on 24 March 1887 the parish was abolished and merged with Quarrington to form "Cassop cum Quarrington".[4] In 1881 the parish had a population of 596.[5]


Religious sites

The church of St. Paul, Cassop cum Quarrington was built in 1868. The stones that were used in its construction were allegedly transported by William Smith, innkeeper of the Half Moon Inn, Quarrington Hill, as he was the only villager to own such a cart to make this possible. It was closed during the 1980s and is now demolished. Services for the parish are held at Bowburn. The churchyard is still used for burials.


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