Cassop-cum-Quarrington is a civil parish

Civil parish

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 in County Durham

County Durham

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, England

England

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. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 4,735.

The parish covers a number of settlements:

• Bowburn
  Bowburn
  Bowburn is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated about to the south-east of Durham, on the A177, between Coxhoe to the south-east, and High Shincliffe to the north-west.It is part of the Cassop-cum-Quarrington parish.- History :...
  
  
• Cassop
  Cassop
  Cassop is a village in County Durham, in England. It has a population of about 500 and is located near the city of Durham...
  
  
• Old Cassop
  Old Cassop
  Old Cassop is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles to the south-east of Durham. Old Cassop lies within the Cassop-cum-Quarrington civil parish....
  
  
• Old Quarrington
  Old Quarrington
  Old Quarrington is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated between Bowburn and Quarrington Hill. It is also known locally as Heugh Hall.-External links:...
  
  
• Parkhill
• Tursdale
  Tursdale
  Tursdale is a hamlet in County Durham, England. It is situated in rural landscape about two miles to the west of Coxhoe, two miles North of Cornforth and around five miles south of Durham. It is part of the civil parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington.It is ideally located for speedy access to both...
  
  

Unlike the ecclesiastical parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington with Bowburn, the civil parish does not include Quarrington Hill

Quarrington Hill

Quarrington Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Kelloe.Having been part of the extensive parish of Kelloe, it merged with the village of Cassop during the 19th Century to form the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington...

.

The civil parish was created in 1887 from the townships of Cassop

Cassop

Cassop is a village in County Durham, in England. It has a population of about 500 and is located near the city of Durham...

 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

Whitwell House

Whitwell House is a place in County Durham, in England situated a few miles to the south-east of Durham. It now consists of the hamlet of Whitwell Grange, but was from 1836 was the site of the village of Whitwell Colliery...

).

The parish was divided into two wards from the May 2007 elections. The division between the two is marked by the A1(M) motorway

A1(M) motorway

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.

• 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.

In 2007 12 Labour Party Candidates

Labour Party (UK)

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were elected unopposed as Parish councillors.

External links

• Cassop-cum-Quarrington Parish Council