In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Trimdon like this:
TRIMDON, a parish, with two villages, in Stockton district, Durham; on the Hartlepooland Ferryhill railway, 6 miles E of Ferryhill. It has a post-office of T. under Ferryhill, another post-office‡ of T. Grange under Ferryhill, and a r. station. Acres, 2,280. Real property, £10,318; of which £4,020 are in mines, and £146 in railways. ...
Pop. in 1851, 1,598; in 1861, 2,975. Houses, 561. The increase of pop. arose from extension of coal mining. The property is much subdivided. The manor, with T. House, belongs to Major-Gen. Beckwith. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £180.* Patron, Major-Gen. Beckwith. The church is tolerable; and there are an endowed lectureship with £21 a year, and a parochial school.
Trimdon through time
Trimdon is now part of Sedgefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Trimdon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Trimdon, in Sedgefield and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4291
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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