D16635
Deaf Hill Colliery
Trimdon
54.723399,-1.408399
Opened:
Closed:
1877
1967
Entry Created:
2 Nov 2021
Last Updated:
11 Jul 2024
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Trimdon Coal Co. (1877 - 1947), National Coal Board (1947 -)
Description (or HER record listing)
Sunk in 1877 by Trimdon & Coal Co. with a single pit. Shown on historic map and includes coke overns, clay pits and gas works. Closed in 1967
NEHL - Deaf Hill Colliery opened in the 1870s on farmland, close to the Hartlepool branch of the North Eastern Railway and Trimdon Grange Foundry. Quickly, this became a settlement in itself with a high street constructed on the Station Road with all the expected ameneties.
A small branch was constructed adjoining the mainline with around half a dozen sidings, accomodating for the coke ovens as well as the pit itself. The branch extended up to Old Wingate for the quarries. Within the village a school was constructed, though Deaf Hill made use of the amenities laid out for Trimdon Colliery also. A Picture Theatre, multiple chapels, pubs and an institute were all located under the railway.
Clay pits were also situated at the pit to produce their own bricks. A small brick kiln was located in the south east of the site, though likely didn't mass produce thanks to its size.
Ordnance Survey, 1898
Deaf Hill Colliery, 1930s. Source: Durham County Council
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Deaf Hill Colliery in the 1920s. Source: Durham County Council
Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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