Cornsay
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Cornsay is a village
and civil parish in County Durham
, England
. It is situated a four miles to the south of Consett
. The central village consisting of seventeen dwellings, including four farms. The farms North, South, East & West Farm, formerly belonged to Ushaw College for the training of catholic priests, hence the organised nomenclature. East and West Farms are now in private hands, but the other two are still active, South farm run by the Suddes family for many generations, home of the pedigree Cornsay Limousin Herd of beef cattle. North Farm also run for many generations by the Tweddle family.
Also present on the village green is the enigmatic draw well, a cross between a WW2 pill-box and a bus shelter; once the main source of water for the village, a curious dedication over the door dates back to the seventeenth century. Recently restored to its former glory by the removal of the brick infill that had blocked the doorway, now having a new wrought iron gate that allows inspection of the interior of the building.
See also Cornsay Colliery
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and civil parish in County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated a four miles to the south of Consett
Consett
Consett is a town in the northwest of County Durham, England, about southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is home to 27,394 .Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. In 1841, it was a village community of only 145, but it was about to become a boom town: below the ground was coking coal and...
. The central village consisting of seventeen dwellings, including four farms. The farms North, South, East & West Farm, formerly belonged to Ushaw College for the training of catholic priests, hence the organised nomenclature. East and West Farms are now in private hands, but the other two are still active, South farm run by the Suddes family for many generations, home of the pedigree Cornsay Limousin Herd of beef cattle. North Farm also run for many generations by the Tweddle family.
Also present on the village green is the enigmatic draw well, a cross between a WW2 pill-box and a bus shelter; once the main source of water for the village, a curious dedication over the door dates back to the seventeenth century. Recently restored to its former glory by the removal of the brick infill that had blocked the doorway, now having a new wrought iron gate that allows inspection of the interior of the building.
See also Cornsay Colliery
Cornsay Colliery
Cornsay Colliery is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the west of Durham, close to Cornsay, Quebec and Esh Winning....
.