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Cornsay

Coordinates: 54°47′N 1°46′W / 54.783°N 1.767°W / 54.783; -1.767
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Cornsay
The draw well at Cornsay
Cornsay is located in County Durham
Cornsay
Cornsay
Location within County Durham
Population1,128 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • Cornsay
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°47′N 1°46′W / 54.783°N 1.767°W / 54.783; -1.767

Cornsay is a hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England.[1][2] The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,128.[3] It is 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Consett and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Durham. It consists of nineteen dwellings, including four farms & is the home of Greenacres nudist club. All formerly belonged to Ushaw College for the training of Catholic priests, hence the organised nomenclature. East and West Farms are now in private hands as homes but the other two are still active, South Farm run by the Suddes family and North Farm by the Tweddle family.

On the village green is the enigmatic ‘draw well’: at first look a bus shelter but on closer inspection a building with a 17th-century dedication. It was once the main source of water for the village and later a site for the sale of paraffin at a time when the village was larger. It was restored in 2007 by the removal of a breeze-block infill blocking the doorway and now has a new wrought-iron gate allowing inspection of the interior of the building.

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References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 88 Newcastle upon Tyne (Durham & Sunderland) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229989.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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