Deaf Hill
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Deaf Hill is a village in County Durham, England.<ref name=OS93>Template:Cite map</ref><ref name=OSGaz50>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 originally called Death Hill, the name originating from a belief that if children were passed through the fork of a sycamore tree in the area they would be cured of diphtheria, however they died and the spot was called Death Hill. The name was changed as more people settled there.
According to Trimdon Snippets, "No one can really find out the origin of the word Deaf Hill. The nearest solution I think is when land did not yield much, it was called "deef" or dead (deed) land".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The rising land behind the pit is called Sleepy Hill.
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Extract "how this pit got its name of Deaf Hill" from 'Trimdon Snippets' part of https://trimdon.comTemplate:Dead link history section