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Time line of events Events in History COXHOE events No known Roman settlement in village though Cades Road runs through the parish. Henry III dies and is succeeded by his son Edward 1272 Edward I dies and is succeeded by his son Edward II 1307 1235 Coxhoe settlement developed. Coxhoe owned by Monks of Finchale. Cornmill on Coxhoe Beck south of Coxhoe Wood Edward II is murdered and Edward III becomes King 1327 1300-1418 William Blakison Knight died, passing Coxhoe village, Manor Hse to brother Nicholas. Water mill & toft property of Finchale. Edward III dies and is Succeeded by Richard II 1377 1327 Henry IV is proclaimed king of England 1399 Henry IV dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry V 1413 Henry VI is king of Eng & France before his first birthday 1422 Lancastrians are defeated at Towton & Edward IV becomes king 1461 Henry VI restored to the throne 1470 Edward IV dies, his 12 year old son is king Richard III becomes king & the ‘Princes in the Tower’ disappear 1483 Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at the ‘Battle of Bosworth’ 1485 Henry VII dies & is followed by Henry VIII 1509 Henry VIII dies, nine year old Edward VI succeeds 1547 Edward VI dies and Lady Jane Grey succeeds Mary, a Catholic, becomes queen 1553 John Denham mining coal 1400 Coxhoe Manor House built 1410 - 30 Coxhoe Settlement thought to be deserted 1495 Limestone quarrying 1500 -1600 Coxhoe Manor House rebuilt Barbara Leo 2009 Page 1 Time line of events Mary dies & Elizabeth I gets the throne 1558 Elizabeth I dies and James VI of Scotland is on the throne 1603 James I dies and Charles I accedes the throne 1625 Charles 1 v Cromwell, King against Parliament 1642 Charles I is executed at Whitehall, London 1649 Charles II is on the throne Silk, sugar, tobacco- trade overseas. 1660 Great Fire of London 1666 Isaac Newton 1667 Charles II dies & James II accedes to the throne 1685 William & Mary are proclaimed King & Queen 1689 People more numerate 1700 William III dies & Anne accedes to the throne 1702 Anne dies & George I sits on the throne 1714 Sir Robert Warpole is first prime minister 1721 George I dies & is succeeded by George II 1727 Barbara Leo 2009 1695 Small scale mining 1725 Coxhoe Hall built by J Burdon Esq Page 2 Time line of events 1742 George II is followed by his grandson George III Lord North , prime minister William Pitt the Younger, prime minister Abolition of slave trade. Boer war 1769 Turnpike Road from Stockton – Durham replacing Roman Rd. Hamlet grew around toll gate known as Blackgate. Old village near Hall fallen into disuse. Boring for coal in Coxhoe. Coxhoe Pottery owned by Lammas family in operation. 1791 “Blue Bell Pub” on the turnpike road. 1801 27 houses in Coxhoe, population 117. 1770 1783 1807 1809 – 1902 Invention of the safety lamp. 1815 1816 Cornforth Pottery established George III dies & is succeeded by George IV 1820 1825 William Hedley opened Crow Trees Colliery near Quarrington Hill. Professional police introduced by Robert Peel 1829 1827 Bells Pit sunk near Park Hill estate, owner John Bell George IV dies & is succeeded by his brother William IV 1830 1833 Clarence Railway Victoria is crowned after the death of William IV Barbara Leo 2009 1837 1831 2 blacksmiths in operation, population 154 1834 Coxhoe railway opened. Crow Trees Colliery 1835 Coxhoe Colliery at Joint Stocks. Also Kelloe Pit 1837 Garmondsway & W Hetton started to produce coal 1838 Cornforth Colliery sunk, close to Coxhoe bridge Page 3 Time line of events Viscount Melbourne, prime minister resigns Prime minister Sir Robert Peel resigns after Corn Laws are repealed 1839 1846 1839 Clarence Hetton – Clay Hole Colliery nr Steetley football field. 1840 Bowburn Pit nr Kicking Cuddy. Long Row built by Iron Company. Later rebuilt 1903 1841 Bowburn Colliery & Steetly Quarry commenced operation. Heugh Hall Colliery. There were 816 hses in Coxhoe. Population 3, 904 1844 Colliery sank at South Kelloe 1845 Quarrying at Raisby Hill Garmondsway for limestone. 1846 Coxhoe Bridge station open near Coxhoe Beck. 1850 Coke Works & Iron Foundry established. Field’s Brickworks at Cow Close, Cornforth Lane 1851 Clay tobacco pipes manufactured by William Row. Coxhoe population 4,101. 1853 Beehive Coke Ovens near Prospect Place 1856 – 1881 Iron Foundry – behind The Commercial Inn Barbara Leo 2009 1864 Goodyear’s Brickworks near Tursdale. 1865 Coxhoe a separate parish from Kelloe & Bishop Middleham, now own church & burial ground. 1866/7 Cholera epidemic, first case 28th Dec. First came to Eng from India 1831 further outbreaks 1848, 1853 then 1866. Page 4 Time line of events William Gladstone, prime minister Education made compulsory children up to13-14yrs. 1868 1868 St Mary’s Church built. Church lit by gas 1869 Durham Miners Assoc formed 1870 Coke works & Iron Foundry closed 1871 Coxhoe National School, later Church of England School, closed 1955. 1879 Coxhoe Colliery closed 1877 Trade depression all collieries closed 12mnths 1870 Shops including the Co-op. There were 6 coalmines around Coxhoe. 1870 1873 – 1894 Brickworks – opposite the Kicking Cuddy Victoria dies & is succeeded by Edward VII 1901 Arthur Balfour succeeds Lord Salisbury as prime minister 1902 Barbara Leo 2009 1865 Primitive Chapel built 1868 Coxhoe an ecclesiastical parish, St Mary’s Church Consecrated 1870 Primitive Methodist School built 1871 Wesleyan Chapel erected. National School built 1875 Board School, East Hetton built 1881 Coxhoe Colliery closed. Population of Coxhoe 2,454 1902 Blue Row replaced by Front Coronation Terrace. 1903 Long Row rebuilt by Kelloe Colliery Co., demolished 1971 Page 5 Time line of events 1906 Steetley Basic Works established. Sept- Typhoid traced to milk supply from Paradise Farm. Contaminated water from well used to wash milking utensils. Herbert Asquith, prime minister 1908 1908 Bowburn colliery established Edward VII dies & is succeeded by George V 1910 1910 Institute, later replaced by larger one, 1932. 1911 Coxhoe population 3,833 1913 Queen Mary passed through Coxhoe Great War 1914-1918 1918 – 1925 Outbreak of Influenza originated in Spain David Lloyd George, prime minister 1922 Stanley Baldwin, prime minister 1923 Ramsey MacDonald, prime minister 1929 Stanley Baldwin, prime minister 1935 George V dies & is succeeded by Edward VIII Edward VIII abdicates & marries Wallace Simpson 1936 George VI is crowned king Neville Chamberlain, prime minister 1937 2nd World War 1939-1945 Winston Churchill, prime minister 1940 Clement Attlee, prime minister 1950 Barbara Leo 2009 1922 Village War Memorial from the Great War unvieled 1923 Boiled sweet factory – The Avenue 1925 First electricity 1926 General Strike lasted 8 months 1930 The depression 1938 Coxhoe Hall sold to East Hetton Coal Company 1939 Coxhoe Hall used as military barracks and then as Prisoner of War Camp. Page 6 Time line of events NHS- access to free healthcare 1949 Elizabeth II succeeds her father, George VI 1952 Sir Anthony Eden, prime minister 1955 Harold Macmillan, prime minister 1957 Alec Douglas-Home, prime minister Harold Wilson, prime minister 1963 1964 Edward Heath, prime minister 1970 James Callaghan, prime minister 1974 Margaret Thatcher, prime minister 1979 Miners strike 1984 John Major, prime minister 1990 Tony Blair 1997 Barbara Leo 2009 1952 Coxhoe Hall demolished 1967 Thrislington Colliery closed owners Henry Stobart & Co 1981 1982 Steetley Basic works closed and demolished Mining at East Hetton Colliery causes subsidence in the Grove Estate. East Hetton Colliery, Kelloe, closes. Clarence Railway removed. 1983 1984 Page 7
