Dun Cow

Approximate location / Grid Reference: NZ30909 53744

Google Maps: approximate location: 54.877539,-1.519718

The Dun Cow was one of four inns which once existed at Chatershaugh, the others being The Ferry Boat Inn, The Punch Bowl and The Peareth Arms.


1851: Hagar & Co.'s Directory of the County of Durham: John Harrison

1873: Durham County Advertiser, February 7, 1873: Mr M. Hedley

1890: Kelly's Directory of Durham: John Archer

1894: Kelly's Directory of Durham: John Archer

1894: Whellan's Directory of Durham: John Archer

1901: 1901 census: John Veal, Innkeeper, aged 63, born Richmond, Yorks.

1902: Kelly's Directory of Durham: Elizabeth Veal

1911: 1911 Census: Thomas Archer, aged 43, born Birtley

1914: Kelly's Directory of Durham: Mrs Mary Ann Archer

Above: The Dun Cow P.H., 1896

Above: Dun Cow P.H., 1920

Above: Demolition of the Dun Cow pub in the early 1970s. The newly-constructed Washington Highway is visible on the embankment to the left

Above: Durham County Advertiser, February 7, 1873

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 19 February 1903

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, November 15, 1934

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette January 27, 1937

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, February 3, 1937

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, March 3, 1937

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, June 15, 1937

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, February 2, 1938

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, November 25, 1938

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, September 30, 1938

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, November 25, 1938

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, November 26, 1938

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, April 14, 1939

Above: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, October 18, 1940