Hetton-le-Hole
Hetton-le-Hole | ||
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Town and Civil parish | ||
Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | HOUGHTON LE SPRING | |
Postcode district | DH5 | |
Dialling code | 0191 | |
Police | Northumbria | |
Fire | Tyne and Wear | |
Ambulance | North East | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | hettontowncouncil | |
Hetton-le-Hole is a town and
The parish, which includes the villages of Easington Lane and Warden Law, had a population of 14,402 in 2001 .[1] The parish also includes Hetton proper, along with East Rainton, Middle Rainton (West Rainton is a separate parish), Low Moorsley and High Moorsley.
History
The history of the Hetton area can be traced back for up to a thousand years. The name of Hetton-le-Hole derives from two
Coal mining
By 1896, Hetton-le-Hole was a mining village in its own right; the district parish of Eppleton had been formed from Hetton-le-Hole which, by then, included that part of Hetton-le-Hole known as the "Downs". The village "comprised an area of 512 acres, with a population of 5,000".[2][3]
Coal has been mined in the surrounding area since
This was the scene of one of the earliest fatalities on railway lines, the "Hetton Wagonway Disaster" of Saturday 26 February 1831. Two Primitive Methodist Ministers were walking along the wagonway to Hetton when they saw some wagons approaching on the line on which they were walking. They moved to the adjacent line but had not seen wagons approaching from the other direction. John Hewson was killed outright, John Branfoot died a few hours later.[4]
These activities led to a rapid increase in the size of Hetton and over 200 houses for the miners were built at once. These have all but gone now, but twelve of these former mining cottages from Francis Street in the Hetton Downs area of the town were re-erected stone by stone at
Hetton Colliery closed in 1950, Elemore Colliery closed in 1974 and Eppleton Colliery closed in 1986. Today, nothing exists of the mines in Hetton; the former mine complexes have disappeared and spoil tips have been removed, although some remain in nearby Haswell. The area surrounding Hetton Colliery has been landscaped and is now occupied by a lake and leisure facilities. Eppleton Colliery has been landscaped, and all that remains is the Hetton Centre (the former Colliery Welfare building) and the Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground which hosts the home games of Sunderland A.F.C. Women and Sunderland U23s. There is also a quarry where sand is mined. This is now undergoing a reformation; around 15% of it has been smoothed and grassed over.
The decommissioned St Nicholas' Church in Front Street was destroyed by fire in November 2006. It is unknown if arson was the cause.[5] It had previously been listed due to its architectural significance.
Civil parish
Hetton le Hole became a civil parish in 1866,[6] on 1 April 1937 the parish of "Hetton le Hole" was abolished and merged with East Rainton, Great Eppleton, Little Eppleton, Moorsley and Pittington to form a parish called simply "Hetton".[7] In 1931 the parish of "Hetton le Hole" had a population of 17,665.[8]
Notable people
- Terence Burns, Baron Burns, economist
Sport
- Thomas Adey, former footballer
- Allan Ball, former footballer, honorary director of Queen of the South
- Ralph Coates, former football player (Burnley and Tottenham Hotspur)
- Jordan Cook, footballer who plays for Hartlepool United
- Bobby Cram, former footballer (West Bromwich Albion and Colchester United)
- Bob Paisley, former football player and manager (Liverpool)
- Harry Potts, former football player and manager (Burnley)
- Sunderland and Newcastle United)
Music
- Trevor Horn, record producer and recording artist
- Albert H. Oswald (1879-1929), composer of light music
See also
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Sunderland Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-09-16
- ^ The Social History of Hetton - The Hetton Village Atlas (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
... comprises an area of 512 acres, with a population of 5,000 in 1896.
- ISBN 978-0-00-840854-1. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
Today Hetton is effectively a suburb of Sunderland, but it was a mining village in its own right in 1896...
- H B Kendalland John Petty and Primitive Methodist Magazine 1832 page 451 relating to movements of Primitive Methodist Ministers to Sunderland.
- ^ "UK | England | Wear | Church fire treated as suspicious". BBC News. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Hetton CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Population statistics Hetton le Hole Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
External links
- Railways - Herrington Heritage
- History - Hetton Town Council Archived 25 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine