Pubs in Dipton, Co Durham

[adiptonlad]

Thank u for the 'Red Ox' info. I've been trying to sort-it -out for months - I worked at the pub once or twice but I was beginning to wonder if the pub had ever existed?
But, I was in Dipton Tuesday a.m. 'looking at things' & was parked immediately opposite what had been the 'Red Ox' not releasing what I was looking at.
Thanks once again.

[barryd]

The Pubs have gone. The Church is gone. What's next?

Not cheap to convert a church into a private house!

[Elliven]

barryd

Not cheap but it will be a fabulous house when it is finished.  Unfortunately, surrounded by all those graves, I would be nervous about living there!

adiptonlad

Apart from the club, there were 17 different pubs in Dipton.  Not all of them in our lifetimes but I have some detail on all of them so if you ever want more information - just ask

[adiptonlad]

Hi,

Surely y'all are  not telling me that St. John's Church
has gone the distance - you've got to be wrong?

[barryd]

No. Falling attendance and lead thieves caused it demise. I was at the Durham Records Office with my late wife copying baptisms into our notebooks. One of us St. Thomas, Collierley and the other Dipton just as Dipton was built and opened. The baptisms are duplicated for the first few weeks in both parishes. I wonder if anyone has noticed this.

[Elliven]

adiptonlad

The church is still there but it is being converted to a house.  It will be a fabulous house but no garden as it is surrounded by graves.