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Cornsay
Cornsay is a village in County Durham, located about 7 miles west of the City of Durham and 2½ miles south-west of Lanchester. Cornsay has a large village green, on which stands an old well house. The former village pub, the Black Horse Inn, is now converted for residential use. Historically, Cornsay was a township in the ancient parish of Lanchester. Today the village forms part of Cornsay Civil Parish, which also includes the separate village of Cornsay Colliery.
CORNSAY, a township, in the parish and union of Lanchester, N.W. division of Darlington ward, S. division of the county of Durham, 6¼ miles (N.E.) from Wolsingham; containing 201 inhabitants, and comprising 2,141 acres, of which 200 are common or waste. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £119. 10. In 1811, Wm. Russell, Esq., of Brancepeth Castle, gave an endowment of £20 per annum for a schoolmaster, and built and endowed almshouses for six men and six widows.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Cornsay is a hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England. The population of the Civil Parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,128. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Consett and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Durham. It consists of nineteen dwellings, including four farms & is the home of Greenacres Nudist club. All formerly belonged to Ushaw College for the training of Catholic priests, hence the organised nomenclature. East and West Farms are now in private hands as homes but the other two are still active, South Farm run by the Suddes family and North Farm by the Tweddle family.
On the village green is the enigmatic "draw well": on first look a bus shelter but, on closer inspection, a building with a 17th-century dedication. It was once the main source of water for the village, and later a site for the sale of paraffin at a time when the village was larger. It was restored in 2007 by the removal of a breeze-block infill that had blocked the doorway and now has a new wrought-iron gate that allows inspection of the interior of the building.
See also Cornsay Colliery.
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Inkerman Road in Cornsay near the former Black Horse PH
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Local History: Cornsay (County Durham)
- "The village of Cornsay lies midway between Lanchester and Tow Law. It is often known locally as Old Cornsay, as nearby is the small pit village of Cornsay Colliery. The …
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Simon Cotterill
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Medieval village of Cornsay
- "Site of the medieval village of Cornsay, probably abandoned through migration to a new site. The site is now marked by farm buildings. It was located by the Medieval Villages …
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Simon Cotterill
from Geograph (geograph)
Inkerman Road in Cornsay near the former Black Horse PH
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from https://keystothepast.info/se…
Local History: Cornsay (County Durham)
- "The village of Cornsay lies midway between Lanchester and Tow Law. It is often known locally as Old Cornsay, as nearby is the small pit village of Cornsay Colliery. The …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://keystothepast.info/se…
Medieval village of Cornsay
- "Site of the medieval village of Cornsay, probably abandoned through migration to a new site. The site is now marked by farm buildings. It was located by the Medieval Villages …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
