Trimdon is a village in County Durham, in

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, previously known as Tremeldon (1196) or Tremedon (1262).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

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origin should perhaps not be ruled out from ''tre''= farmstead or settlement, with an element related to Welsh ''maldod''=indulge or Cornish ''melder''=delight. It is 9 miles west of Hartlepool, 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 colliery suffered a ma ...

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

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church, which was constructed during the Norman period (approximately 1145AD).

Trimdon Labour Club Trimdon Labour Club was a bar and local branch of Sedgefield Labour Party in the village of Trimdon, County Durham in England. It opened in 1993, as a conversion of a former Working Men's Club. It was the local Labour Club of former Britis ...

(now closed) was the setting for some of the former

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and constituency MP

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

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* 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