Trimdon

The monumental inscriptions in the churchyard of St. Mary and in the cemetery have been transcribed, indexed and published by the Cleveland Family History Society.

"The population in 1801 was 278; in 811, 274; in 1821, 302; in 1831, 276; in 1841, 382; in 1851, 1598; in 1861, 2975; in 1871, 3266; in 1881, 3057; and in 1891, 4135 souls. The rapid increase between 1841 and 1851 was due to the opening up of the coalfield, which is largely worked in this township, and which led to the building of the villages of New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange."

[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan , London, 1894]

The 1851 Census Index (booklet 30) published by the Cleveland Family History Society may be of value to researchers interested in this parish.

"The Parish Church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, is a small stone building, situated in the centre of the village, and consists of nave, with north aisle and chancel. The church was restored in 1884, and the north aisle added, at a cost of £700, and will now seat 150 persons.

"The Church, dedicated to St. Paul, situated in Trimdon Colliery, is a plain brick structure, with stone facings, in the Early English style, consisting of nave only. It was built by subscription, at a cost of £1200, two acres of land being given by the Wilkinson family. The interior fittings are of pitch pine, and will seat 200 persons. This church was built for the ecclesiastical district of Deaf Hill cum Langdale, which was formed chiefly out of Trimdon parish."

[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan , London, 1894]

There is a picture (22 kbytes) of the parish church of St. Mary Magdalen, Trimdon; supplied by Richard Hird.

"The parish register commences in 1720." [From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan , London, 1894]

The Parish Registers for the period 1720-1987 are deposited at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL (EP/Tr).

Marriage indexes for 1721-1837 (9 kbytes) from the George Bell Collection of Durham and Northumberland Indexes.

The Marriages (1721-1837) are included in the Joiner Marriage Index.

The following records for churches in the ancient parish of Trimdon are also available at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL:-

• Deaf Hill cum Langdale 1884-1987 (EP/DH).
• Trimdon Grange 1918-1989 (EP/TrG).

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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Trimdon to another place.

Public Record Office links providing useful historical background material:-

• What Must It Have Been Like to Live in Trimdon Grange in the Late 19th Century?
• Disaster at Trimdon Grange: What Happened?
• The Trimdon Grange Explosion

(Each of the above consist of several individual pages all lavishly illustrated with pictures, maps, records etc.)

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NZ369339 (Lat/Lon: 54.69844, -1.429596), Trimdon which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.