Directories/Gazetteers

Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Cheshire, Cumberland ..., 1828-29 Part I.

Copperas Manufacturers

Fenwick & Co., Cox Green

An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county palatine of Durham, 1834

Cox Green, a busy hamlet on the Wear, five miles west of Sunderland contains an iron foundry and five public houses.

Hagar & Co.'s Directory of the County of Durham, 1851

Copperas Manufacturers

Lindsay George, Chaytors Haugh and Cox Green office, Ayres Quay

Slater's Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland & Yorkshire, 1855

Boot and shoe makers

Douglas Anthony, Cox Green

Shopkeepers & dealers in Groceries & Sundries

Douglas Anthony, Cox Green

Todd John, Cox Green

Taverns & Public Houses

Letters, Thomas Carter, Cox Green

Royal William, Thomas Allen, Cox Green

Oddfellows' Arms, James Reed, Cox Green

Ship builders

Reid William, Cox Green

Sykes James & Co., Cox Green

Post Office Directory of Northumberland & Durham, 1858

Commercial

Allen John, Oddfellows' Arms & quarry master, Cox Green

Atkinson Mrs D., butcher, Cox Green

Brown James, keel owner, Cox Green

Carter Mark, shoe maker, Cox Green

Dickinson James, butcher, Cox Green

Douglas Anthony, shoemaker and shopkeeper, Cox Green

Hume George, Halfmoon, Cox Green

Kemp James, day school, Cox Green

Lindsay George, copperas manufacturer (John Mason manager), Cox Green

Reed John, tailor, Cox Green

Winskiln Robert, shoemaker, Cox Green

Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890

Cox Green is a small hamlet on the south bank of the Wear partly in this (Penshaw) township and partly in West Herrington, about 1 mile north, and has a station on the Bishop Auckland and Penshaw branch of the North Eastern railway. In this hamlet are quarries, the stone from which is of a superior quality for resisting the action of fire.

Schools

Board (mixed), Cox Green, built in 1878 for 120 children; average attendance 80; Thomas Potts master.

Bradley James, farmer

Dickinson James, butcher

Hume George, Oddfellows' Arms P.H.

Scott & Horn, quarry owners

Slowther Lancelot, Royal William Inn

Tate John, grocer

Todd John, butcher

Whellan's Directory, 1894

Cunningham Mrs Elsie, vict., Royal William

Dickinson James, butcher

Dodds George Ward, stationmaster

Horn & Scott, quarry owners

Hume Geo., vict., Oddfellows' Arms

Tate Jno., shopkeeper

Todd Jno., butcher

Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1914

Cox Green is a small hamlet on the south bank of the Wear partly in this (Penshaw) township and partly in West Herrington, about 1 mile north, and has a station on the Bishop Auckland and Penshaw branch of the North Eastern railway. In this hamlet are quarries, the stone from which is of a superior quality for resisting the action of fire.

Schools

Board (mixed), Cox Green, built in 1878 for 144 children; average attendance 79; Samuel B. Vasey master.

Todd Mrs

Allan Martha (Mrs), shopkeeper

Allan John, shopkeeper

Bradley Henry (Mrs), farmer

Curtis Richard, Royal William Inn

Horn & Scott, quarry owners

Mowbray Jn. F., Odfellows' Arms

Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1921

Allan John, shopkeeper

Bradley Sarah Ann (Mrs), farmer

Clark William, secretary, church institute

Curtis Thomas, Oddfellows' Arms

Harrison Thomas, confectioner

Horn & Scott, quarry owners

McMenam John, Royal William Inn

Robinson John, shopkeeper and Wearside Golf Club (hon. secretary Hartley French)