Road entering Quarrington from the south-east - geograph

Quarrington Hill is a village in

County Durham County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne an ...

, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of

Kelloe Kelloe is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,502. It is situated to the south-east of Durham. History The village takes its name from the family of Kelloe ...

. Having been part of the extensive parish of Kelloe, it merged with the village of

Cassop Cassop (formerly New Cassop) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington, in the County Durham (district), County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of County Durham, Durham, England. It has a populat ...

during the 19th century to form the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington, it is now in the parish of

Coxhoe Coxhoe is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated about south of Durham City centre. The civil parish also includes nearby Quarrington Hill. The electoral ward of Coxhoe stretches beyond the boundaries of the parish and has a tota ...

. As in most of County Durham, the chief trade here was coal mining and Cassop Colliery was where the miners worked. The inhabitants of Quarrington Hill also shared the church of St. Pauls (built in 1868), with

. 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. The churchyard is still used for burials.

External links

Cassop History Society (includes Quarringotn Hill)

Villages in County Durham Coxhoe {{Durham-geo-stub