Trimdon Station
| Deaf Hill | |
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 Deaf Hill
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| Deaf Hill shown within County Durham | |
| OS grid reference | NZ379366 |
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| 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. 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.
"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."
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