Cassop Durham Family History Guide
Cassop or Cassop-cum-Quarrington is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1865 from the parish of Kelloe and comprises Henghall, Quarrington Hill and Old and New Cassop. It is in the Northern division of the county, south division of Easington ward, union and county court district of Durham, rural deanery of South Easington southern division, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham.
Other places in the parish include: Cassop Colliery, Old Cassop, Quarrington Hill, Old Quarrington, Heugh Hall, Tursdale and Bowburn.
Alternative names: Cassop-cum-Quarrington
Parish church: St Paul
Parish registers begin: 1868
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist
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Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895
Cassop-cum-Quarrington, a scattered parish and township in Durham.
The parish lies on the Hartlepool railway, about 6 miles SE of the city of Durham. It has a post and money order office of the name of Cassop Colliery under Trimdon Grange (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Thornley.
The township extends beyond the limits of the ecclesiastical parish taking in the colliery and village of Twisdale. Acreage, 3259; population of township, 1192; of the ecclesiastical parish, 850.
The parish comprises the villages of Cassop Colliery, Old Cassop, Quarrington Hill, Old Quarrington, Heugh Hall, and Bowburn. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; net value, £300 with residence, in the gift of the Crown and Bishop of Durham alternately. The church was built in 1868.
There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels at Cassop and Quarrington Hill.
Source: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895 by Brabner, John Henry Fryden
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
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.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
CASSOP, a township, in the parish of Kelloe, S. division of Easington ward, union and N. division of the county of Durham, 4½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Durham; containing 1076 inhabitants.
This place, anciently called Cazhope, and included within the limits of Queringdonshire, was formerly the residence of the family of Reed, and of that of Busby, and is at present held under the see of Durham.
The village stands, with a northern aspect, on a high swell of limestone hills, separated from Quarrington on the south by a broad hollow vale, and commanding an extensive prospect of a variegated tract in the north-western direction.
The produce of Cassop and Cassop-moor collieries is shipped at Hartlepool. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £104. 18. 8., payable to Christ’s Hospital, Sherburn, and the vicarial for £17. 4.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Howard, Thomas, of Tursdale, co. Durham, esq., bachelor, 22, and Dorothy Heren, of same, spinster, 19, daughter of George Heren, deceased, with her mother’s consent — at Chelsea or Fulham, Middlesex. 4 July, 1661. F.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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Directories
Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880
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Boot & Shoe Makers
Stokoe William Matthias Cassop colliery
Temple James New Cassop