Trimdon

Trimdon
Trimdon
Trimdon shown within County Durham
Population 2,958 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference NZ369342
Civil parish
  • Trimdon parish
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

Trimdon is a village in County Durham, in England (earlier Tremeldon (1196) or Tremedon (1262)[2]).

It is 9 miles west of Hartlepool, and adjacent to Trimdon Colliery, Trimdon Grange and Deaf Hill (also known as Trimdon Station). Locally, to distinguish it from these it is known as Trimdon Village or simply "The Village".

The main focal point of "The Village" is Saint Mary Magdalene church, which was constructed during the Norman period (approximately 1145AD).

Trimdon Labour Club (now closed) was the setting for some of the former prime minister and constituency MP, Tony Blair's constituency speeches. Blair's local house was in nearby Trimdon Colliery.

References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. Eilert Ekwall,1959, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames (4th edition), OUP, Oxford, p. 480; he cites taxation sources, glossing the name as Anglo-Saxon "the cross on the hill", though a British origin should perhaps not be ruled out from tre= farmstead or settlement, with an element related to Welsh maldod=indulge or Cornish melder=delight.
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