Oxhill, Durham
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Opposite the Ox Inn to the south west is the former Oxhill Chapel. This has now been converted to a private house.
Oxhill used to be the site of a major level crossing, allowing access from the former nearby Stanhope and Tyne Railway line (this is now the basis of the eastern section of the C2C cycle path) to a shunting yard adjacent to nearby South Moor, where coal was loaded for transport to the River Tyne for export.
A small pond called Kyo Ox Pond or Kyo Tarn, 400 metres to the north of The Ox pub on the road to East Kyo and Harperley, was artificially created between the embankment of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway and adjoining hillside when it was converted to the C2C cycle path in the late 1980s (there is an old railway bridge just to the east). The origins of this Cumbrian-sounding name are unknown, though it may have been named as such due to the nearby (and possibly older) Greencroft Tarn and Quarzi Tarn ponds (also known locally as Greencroft Fishing Pond and Quarzi Pond) in Greencroft.
Notable people
Hillary Clinton's grandfather, Hugh Rodham, was born at Oxhill in 1879, the son of Jonathan Rodham, a coal miner living in the village. The family emigrated from here to the United States in the 1880s.
Governance
On 30 September 1894 Oxhill became a civil parish, being formed from the part of Kyo in Stanley urban district, on 1 October 1916 the parish was abolished and merged with Stanley. In 1911 the parish had a population of 4436.
References
- ^ Gavin Havery, Hillary Clinton: From North-East mining stock to American presidential candidate dated 27 April 2017 at thenorthernecho.co.uk
- ^ "Lanchester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Population statistics Oxhill CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 March 2024.