Deaf Hill

Deaf Hill
Deaf Hill
Deaf Hill shown within County Durham
OS grid reference NZ379366
Civil parish
  • Trimdon Foundry
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TRIMDON STATION
Postcode district TS29
Dialling code 01429
Police Durham
Fire County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament

Deaf Hill is a village in County Durham, England.[1][2] It is situated a short distance to the east of Trimdon Colliery. The origin of the name is not known. The alternative name for the village is Trimdon Station. Locally Deaf Hill is thought to have been called Death Hill. People believed if children were passed through the fork of a sycamore tree they would be cured of diphtheria, inevitably they died and the spot was called Death Hill. The name was changed as more people settled there. This was something told to me as a child, I'm not sure how factual it is.

Deaf Hill Primary School

"No one seems to know how this pit got its name of Deaf Hill, but the nearest guess is that in days of long ago, if land was very poor, the old farmers would say it was ‘deed’ or ‘dead’ land, which perhaps has grown into the word deaf. The rising land behind the pit is called Sleepy Hill, which does not sound very productive." [3]

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. http://trimdon.com/trimdon-history/trimdon-snippets/evolution-trimdons-pages-2-3/day-we-went-to-trimdon-pages-4-5/


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