Enjoy a glimpse of history about Trimdon in County Durham, North East England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
TRIMDON is a township and parish, in the Northern division of the county, southern division of Easington ward, Sedgefield union, county court district of Durham, rural deanery of Easington, archdeaconry of Durham and diocese of Durham, 4 miles north-east from Sedgefield and 6 from Ferry Hill station. The parish comprises TRIMDON, TRIMDON GRANGE, and NEW TRIMDON or Trimdon Colliery. There is a station at Trimdon Grange, 1 mile from the church, on the Hartlepool branch of the North Eastern railway. The church of St. Mary Magdalene is a very ancient stone building; it was given by the then Bishop of Durham to the Monastery of Guisborough in 1164; it consists of chancel, nave and small bell tower with 1 bell: there is a very curious wooden font: the church was repaired and re-pewed in 1806. The register dates from the year 1720. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £180, in the gift of John Beckwith, of Silksworth House, Sunderland and held by the Rev. George Sproston; the curate in charge is the Rev. Robert Simpson, L.TH. Hatfield Hall, Durham: the parsonage house was built in 1758. There is a tradition that when King Cnut came on his pilgrimage to the shrine of the holy St. Cuthbert, he alighted from his horse at Trimdon, and having his head shaved, travelled bare-footed and bare-headed from thence to Durham. The Catholic chapel, dedicated to St. William, erected in 1864, is a Gothic structure, with carved oak altar and three stained windows: it will seat 250: the Rev. M. W. Gibson is priest. There is a parish school in the village, supported by an endowment from land, and another school at Trimdon Grange, erected by the owner of the colliery, which is occasionally used as a place of worship by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have a chapel at Trimdon Colliery. The principal landowners are John Beckwith, George Roper, esq. Viscount Boyne, Rev. R. H. Williamson, Robert Hoggett, esq Miss Darling, James Kinleyside, M.D. Anthony Wilkinson, esq. and Robert Hardy. John Beckwith, esq. is lord of the manor. The soil is limestone. The chief crops are wheat, oats, peas and barley. The acreage is 2,280; rateable value, £9,781, and the population in 1871 was 3,266.
Parish Clerk, John Allison.
POST OFFICE.—John Allison, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Trimdon Grange at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched 5 p.m
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank (Railway sub-office), Trimdon Grange.—Richard Kilburn, postmaster. Letters by rail arrive at 5.50 a.m.; leave at 6.45 p.m
INSURANCE AGENTS:—
London Assurance Corporation, R. Wetherell
Queen, T. W. Wilkinson
SCHOOLS:—
Parish, Thomas Suthern, master
Trimdon Grange, Ralph Watson, master; Mrs. Hann Bowen, mistress
Colliery (Mr. Wood’s), John Newby, master
Railway Station, Trimdon Colliery, William Cartwright, station master
Deaf Hill-cum-Langdale ecclesiastical parish was formed by Order in Council, May, 1874; it comprises part of the parishes of Trimdon and Wingate, Deaf Hill being in the latter and Langdale in the former; it is in the Northern division of the county, union of Sedgefield, county court district of Durham, rural deanery of Easington and archdeaconry of Durham and diocese of Durham, 5 miles north-east from Sedgefield and 6 from Ferry Hill. There being no church, the services are at present conducted in the school-room. The living is in the gift of the Bishop of Durham, by whom it was partially endowed from the Stanhope fund, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners meeting this grant with an equal amount, its value is to be £150 yearly until the church is built and £200 afterwards. The church is about to be built by T. Wood, esq. J.P. formerly of Coxhoe Hall, the proprietor of the collieries; two acres of land have been given as a site.
324 TRIMDON. DURHAM. [POST OFFICE]
by Major Wilkinson and family, of Durham, who own the Deaf Hill estate. The incumbent is the Rev. Oates Sagar, M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, formerly curate in charge of Trimdon, and who resides at Wingate Moor House, Trimdon Colliery, appointed in 1874.
Darling Miss, Trimdon grange
Grieves Edward, New Trimdon
Parkin Thomas, New Trimdon
Robinson George
Robinson Thomas, Trimdon grange
Russell Hugh, M.D. Trimdon colliery
Simpson Rev. Robert [curate in charge]
COMMERCIAL.
Allison John, post office
Bainbridge James, beer retailer, New Trimdon
Birkett Adam, farmer, Beanley Carr
Buxtone Geo. shopkeeper, Trimdon gra
Cartwright William, station master, Trimdon colliery
Chaytor Chas. shoe ma. New Trimdon
Chaytor Joseph, tailor
Chisholme Francis, stone mason
Clark Alexander, Colliery inn, Trimdon grange
Colling John, farmer, Park house, New Trimdon
Conkerton John, farmer, Trimdon cott
Cook Jhn. shopkeeper, Trimdon grange
Cook Thos. shopkeeper, Trimdon colliery
Dale Alexander, farm bailiff to Richard Foster, esq. Greenside
Dalkin George, Fox & Hounds
Dalkin William, blacksmith
Dinning Joseph, Colliery inn, New Trimdon
Dixon Thomas beer retailer
Elliot John, farmer, East Langdale
Ellis Thos. shoe maker, New Trimdon
Etherington William, butcher
Fletcher Geo. shopkpr. New Trimdon
Fletcher James, colliery manager, North moor, New Trimdon
Gradon Geo. shopkeeper, New Trimdon
Greenwood Hy. shpkpr. New Trimdon
Harding John, shoe maker
Hardy Robert, farmer, East house
Hogg Mark, Grey Horse, New Trimdon
Hunter Ths. shpkpr. Trimdon colliery
Hunter Thos. shpkpr. Trimdon grange
Hutchinson Henry Winship, farmer
Keeler Thos. shpkpr. Trimdon grange
Kilburn Richard, shpkpr. Trimdon gra
Marley John, farmer, Carr side
Marley Joseph, auctioneer
Marley Robt. farmer, Trimdon grange
Marley Robert, jun. grocer
Marley Wm. butcher, Trimdon grange
Marshall Robert, farmer, Sunnyside
Maughan Matthew, farmer
Maughan Matthew, jun. greengrocer
Muster John, shopkeeper
Parker Robert, farmer, Hall farm
Parkin John, butcher, New Trimdon
Peacock Matthew, farmer, North side
Pearson Matthew, farmer
Pratt John, shopkeeper, New Trimdon
Raffell William, Black Lion
Reed William, farmer, Cattle hill
Rowntree Thomas, Trimdon Grange inn, Trimdon grange
Russell Hugh, M.D. surgeon, Trimdon colliery
Scott Geo. shopkeeper, New Trimdon
Sheraton Charles, cartwright
Smith William Joyce, lime works & farmer, North moor, Trimdon grange
Soulsby Jhn. shpkpr. Trimdon colliery
Stokell Robert, Red Lion
Stott Chas. beer retailer, Trimdon gra
Stoves John, shopkeeper, New Trimdon
Southern Thomas, school master
Temple Isabella (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Trimdon grange
Thwaites Robert, shpkpr. Trimdon gra
Tulip Wm. shopkeeper, Trimdon grange
Trimdon Coal Co. (Thomas Watson, viewer; James Fletcher, resident viewer), Trimdon colliery
Trimdon Grange Coal Co. (William O. Wood, mining engineer; George Cook, manager), Trimdon grange
Walker John Michael, shopkeeper, collector of income taxes, & post office, New Trimdon
Walt Henry, shopkeeper, New Trimdon
Walton John, farmer
Walton William, farmer
Webber John, Locomotive inn, New Trimdon
Wetherell Robinson, auctioneer, appraiser, & collector of poor rates; & agent for A. B. Murry & Co. chemical manure, oil cakes & agricultural seeds &c
Wetherell Robinson, agent for the London Assurance Corporation for fire, life & marine assurance
Wilkinson Thos. Williamson, auctionr
Wilkinson Wm. farmer, Umber, Knowle
Wood Thomas, colliery owner
Wylam John, Black Bull
Young Andrew, shpkpr. Trimdon grange
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, New Trimdon.—John Michael Walker, receiver. Letters arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 p.m
Schools (boys), Thomas D. Smith, master; (girls), vacant
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