Cornsay is a hamlet and
civil parish in
County Durham
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, England.
The population of the Civil Parish taken at the
2011 census was 1,128.
It is southeast of
Consett
Consett is a town in County Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in 2019.
History
Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. Its' name originates in the ...
and 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’: at 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
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at a time when the village was larger. It was restored in 2007 by the removal of a breeze-block infill blocking the doorway and now has a new wrought-iron gate allowing inspection of the interior of the building.
See also
Cornsay Colliery
Cornsay Colliery is a village in County Durham, England.
It is situated a few miles to the west of Durham, England, Durham, close to Cornsay, Quebec, County Durham, Quebec and Esh Winning.
Regarding Cornsay Colliery, the following is taken from ...
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Villages in County Durham
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