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by George H. Marsden

1801		Population 53
1836		4th April Shaft sunk to main coal
1840		First coal shipped to Hartlepool. Pit owned by Thornley Coal Co Ltd
1842		Primitive and Wesleyan Chapels built – cost �200
1841		Population 1076
1843		Railway was extended to Cassop Vale and then to Cassop Moor Collieries
1850		The Crowtrees Incline fell into disuse
1850		Mid 1850 Cassop Moor Pit closed
1851		Population 1769
1854		Collieries sold to R P Philipson a Newcastle Solicitor and local landowner
1856		Boring at Vale Pit to prove Hutton and Harvey Seams
1861		Population 1661
1868		St Paul’s Church built
1890		Royalties for remaining coal acquired by Walter Scott of East Hetton Pit for Cassop Colliery
1897		Cassop Colliery may have opened again, when on 10th May, water flooded into East Hetton Colliery trapping the miners underground, at least 10 men lost their lives, but John Wilson a deputy was rescued alive after 4 days underground.
1891		Population 691
1893		Railway lines to Thornley taken up
1901		Population 653
1923		First bus service
1930		Wesleyan Chapel closed - wooden building
1937		Stable Row (owned by Coal Company) vacated. First council houses built. 2 Bedroom – 6s8d per week
1940		15th Aug bombing raid on Cassop, Joe Pluck killed returning from work (Thornley Colliery)
1948		Lynn Crescent Prefabs built
1959		Two bus companies, Gillet and Baker amalgamated
1966		Lynn Crescent Prefabs rebuilt
1971		Gillet and Baker Bus Company took over by united
1995		St Paul’s Church demolished 1995

Digitised by Sharon Amesbury
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