Trimdon is a village in

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, in

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Name and etymology

The name ''Trimdon'' is recorded in the forms ''Tremeldon'' (1196) and ''Tremedon'' (1262) during the Medieval era. It appears to be of

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origin, with the a meaning of "cross on the hill" or "wooden cross hill", derived from the elements ''trēow'' ("tree, wood") + ''mael'' ("a cross") + ''dūn'' ("a hill").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". The term ''trēow'' (> "tree") appears in reference to a cross in some place names (e.g.

Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the England–Wales border, Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5 road (Great Britain), A5, A483 road, A483 and A495 road, A495 ro ...

, Shropshire).

Details

It is 9 miles west of

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, and adjacent to Trimdon Colliery,

Trimdon Grange Trimdon Grange is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated ten miles to the west of Hartlepool, and a short distance to the north of Trimdon. Colliery disaster At 14:40 on 16 February 1882 the Trimdon Grange Coal mining, colliery ...

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 1145 CE). Trimdon Labour Club (now closed) was the setting for some of the former

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and constituency MP

Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader ...

's constituency speeches. Blair's constituency home was in nearby Trimdon Colliery.

References

External links

* http://www.trimdon.com/ *https://trimdonbrass.com/ *https://www.facebook.com/TrimdonBrass/?eid=ARCh7PKwMqaeN85nBFKI3FAwATCNncVB6rRK-5olsPbt0k-HYE49LuG_tQT9SujEcgPoj10VD2utTf7B Villages in County Durham Civil parishes in County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub