Enjoy a glimpse of history about Kelloe in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
KELLOE is a parish, township and village, situated in the Northern division of the county, south division of Easington: it is about 7 miles south-east from Durham, in the Northern division of the county, Easington ward, Easington union, Durham county court district, rural deanery of South Easington, archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. The church of St. Helen is a very old edifice, having chancel, nave and square tower containing 2 bells, with a sun-dial: the chancel was added in 1854 at a cost of £600; the east window is in three compartments, to the memory of Miss Wood, who died in 1856, and near which stands a very old stone cross; also a stone coffin, found in the course of some excavations: there is a west gallery, erected in 1758, at the expense of John Burdon, esq. of Coxhoe. The register dates from the year 1580. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £600, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham and held by the Rev. William Kay, of St. Bees. The Marquis of Londonderry is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is loam; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat and grass. The township of Kelloe comprises an area of 1,592 acres; rateable value, £2,310; and the population in 1871 was 509.
Parish Clerk, John Allison.
Letters received by foot post from Coxhoe, which is the nearest money order office.
National School, Thomas Jordan, master
Kay Rev. William, Vicarage
Nicholson James
Padfield Rev. George [curate], St. Helen’s villa
Crow William, farmer, Hill top
East Hetton Colliery Co. coal masters (William O. Wood, mining engineer)
Gibson William, farmer, Kelloe hall
Hall Thomas, farmer
Lee Robert Todd, farmer, Low Raisby
Mudd John, farmer
Smith John, farmer
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