Coxhoe Hill - quick question

[steadyrollingman]

Is that what we now know as Quarrington Hill?

[KGarrad]

Some info here:
http://www.coxhoeparishcouncil.gov.uk/about-coxhoe/coxhoe-and-quarrington-hill-in-the-past/

Are you sure your source says Coxhoe Hill, and not Coxhoe Hall?

[steadyrollingman]

I can guarantee my relatives wouldn't live at the hall

I've come across C Hill quite a few times on census and parish records, and my relative is living there in 1871. But when he makes his will in 1873 he is in Q Hill. So yes, he could have moved but that still begs the question of where Coxhoe Hill is? I'm fairly local too, and had never heard of it before...

[steadyrollingman]

If it's wasn't an old name for Q Hill, all I can think is it's the road that you take from the crossroads in Coxhoe if you're going towards Q Hill - it climbs up a bit?

[stanmapstone]

In the 1851 Census Coxhoe Hill and Quarrington Hill are separate entries. the census pages are titled village of Coxhoe Hill and village of Quarrington Hill.
Coxhoe Hill starts at HO107; Piece: 2391; Folio: 670; Page: 1
Quarrington Hill starts at HO107; Piece: 2391; Folio: 579; Page: 1
Stan

[steadyrollingman]

Thanks Stan, will check this out when I have access later this week. Been pondering this a long time, have forgotten the technicalities. There is still a separate entry just for Coxhoe though, yes? Maybe I can work out from where one ends and the other begins which is which, if any notable buildings are still standing.

[stanmapstone]

The description of the enumeration district in 1851 is:

All that part of the Township of Coxhoe comprising the new Joint Stock Rows,  Pit House, ? Hall, South Kelloe Pit and the whole of the houses at Coxhoe Hill


Stan

[JTBTW]

Judging by the way the enumerator is travelling in book 7 Joint Stocks, Pescott Hall, Coxhoe Hill, then Quarrington Hill is going to be Coxhoe Hill. The pub the cross keys appears on an old map 1856- 1865 as does the Colliery Inn. Keep in mind that Heugh Hall was / is Old Quarrington. Enumerators often made mistakes.

[steadyrollingman]

You must be from the local history group - I got this same response on Facebook, been meaning to update this post
But yeah, definitely looks to me like Coxhoe Hill & Quarrington Hill were being used interchangeably for a while...