Coxhoe
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Coxhoe is a village in the City of Durham, County Durham, England. It is situated between Bowburn and Cornforth, a few miles south of Durham.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning spent her childhood in nearby Coxhoe Hall. It was demolished by the National Coal Board, on grounds of subsidence. The coal industry in the area was notorious for house movement.
Today it's experiencing something of a resurrection, whereas local villages such as Cornforth, Kelloe, and Quarrington Hill remain tied to their industrial past, Coxhoe is developing a more modern economy, and much new housing is being built.
The local secondary school, in Cornforth Lane was closed but the primary school still operates.
It is situated by Durham Services on the A1(M), and every year most of the Hawkers that trade at the Appleby Fair come to the area, and stage a horse parade around the Coxhoe/Bowburn/Metal Bridge triangle. Much beer is consumed in the few remaining pubs, which at only three, is someway down on the 120 that were present in the town in 1850[citation needed], when it was a thriving, growing town. The railway that few the foundry has long been removed.
Coxhoe is also a civil parish which also includes nearby Quarrington Hill.
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