Cassop-cum-Quarrington
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Cassop-cum-Quarrington is a civil parish in the City of Durham district of County Durham, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 4,735.
The parish covers a number of settlements:
- Bowburn
- Cassop
- Old Cassop
- Old Quarrington
- Parkhill
- Tursdale
Unlike the ecclesiastical parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington with Bowburn, the civil parish does not include Quarrington Hill.
The civil parish was created in 1887 from the townships of Cassop and Quarringon with boundary changes in 1946 and 1953 (the latter changes moving much of the newly built Bowburn Estate into the parish from Whitwell House).
The parish is currently unwarded and elects a parish council of 12 (currently all Labour) councillors.
From May 2007 the parish will be divided into two wards along the A1(M) motorway.
- East Ward - consisting of Bowburn and Tursdale will elect 8 councillors
- West Ward - consisting of Cassop, Parkhill, Old Cassop and Old Quarrington will elect 4 councillors.
