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Bowburn Local History
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News, events & publications
Meetings 2022
Meetings 2023
Calendars
About Bowburn
Early descriptions of the area
1816 Surtees Vol 1 - extracts
1851 or ’55 Hagar’s Directory
1855 Whellan - Cassop township
1855 Whellan - Quarrington township
1857 Fordyce re Coxhoe, Quarrington & Cassop
1894 Whellan - Cassop-cum-Quarrington Parish
1906 Kellys Directory - Cassop-cum-Quarrington
Bowburn Banners
Bowburn Colliery (1906-1967)
A brief history of local coal mining, by Don Wilcock
A history of Bowburn Colliery
Bell Brothers and Dorman Long
Bowburn Miners Lodge
Fatal accidents at Bowburn Colliery
Men and boys killed at Bowburn Colliery
The foundation of Bowburn Colliery, 1906
Three Bowburn Collieries
LOCAL AGREEMENTS AND AWARDS
1911 – Bowburn Colliery’s first families
Censuses etc.
1841 Census
1851 Census
1861 Census
1871 Census
1881 Census
1891 Census
1901 Census
1911 Census
1921 Census
1939 Register
Electoral registers
Other people lists
Bowburn Cemetery
Churches and religion
Church of England
Methodism
Roman Catholic Church
Some other Christian denominations
Community buildings and organisations
A brief History of Bowburn Community Centre
Bowburn Colliery Welfare Scheme
Bowburn Girls Club
Bowburn Workmen’s Club closed - 1912
Cinemas
The Local Cinema
Crow Trees Workmen’s Club wins appeal - 1913
Crowtrees Workmen’s Club minutes - early extracts
Letter from Mrs Storey to Crowtrees WMC, 1915
D.J. Evans Youth Club (aka Bowburn Youth Project)
Fire at Crowtrees Workmen’s Club, 1923
Early coal mining in the Bowburn area
An old collieries walk
Farms
Farmers in Kelly’s Directories
Cornforth Moor House Farm
Cornforth Moor Farm
Tursdale House
Guest Book
Housing
Street names
Links and Contacts
Other local history societies
Other useful links
Local history walks
A Quarrington-with-Cassop walk
A Tursdale walk
A Whitwell walk
An old collieries walk
An old collieries walk – detailed
West Bowburn Way
Other industries
P. C. Henderson
Paper mills near Bowburn
Politics and local government
Pubs and clubs
Pubs etc. in Kelly’s Directories
Clarence Villa / Kicking Cuddy
Schools and Education
A short history of Bowburn’s schools
Schools & Education 1800s – 1920
Schools & Education 1920 – 1940
Schools & Education 1941 – 1960
Schools & Education 1961 – 1980
Schools & Education 1981 – 2000
Schools & Education 2001 and beyond
HMI Reports
HMI Report 1910
HMI Report 1911
HMI Report 1912
HMI Report 1914
HMI Report 1921
HMI Report 1924
HMI Report 1927
HMI Report 1931
HMI Report 1936
HMI Report 1954
Shops
Bowburn shops remembered by Lily Schoffield, 1998
BVC advertisers 1995 & 1996
Shops in Kelly’s Directory
Some noteworthy people
JG Ramsay - a biography
Wm Kelly - a biography
Don Wilcock
Sport
To those who fell in war…
Aycliffe Angels
Killed in Action – World War I
Local men who died in WWI
Display text for 16th October 2015 exhibition
Killed in Action – World War II
Local War Memorials
Other nearby war memorials
Poppy project
Commemorative poppies being installed
Transport and outings
Bus companies and bus services through Bowburn
Cade’s Road
Leamside Line and East Coast Main Line Railway
Bowburn Local History
Men and boys killed at Bowburn Colliery
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