Everything about Greatham County Durham totally explained
Greatham is a
village and
civil parish in the borough of
Hartlepool and the
ceremonial county of
County Durham,
England. It is situated to the south of central
Hartlepool.
The village isn't mentioned in the
Domesday Book, but appears first in written sources as
Gretham in
1196.
The actual village is located within the North East area of England, approximately 3 miles from the town centre of Hartlepool. The village, similarly as with the town of Hartlepool, is primarily of the '
White British' ancestry.
At current the village has 1000+ occupants, separated into varying areas, The Grove, The Drive, The Green, Hill View, The Front Street and Ashfield Close, with some village residents living in the houses located at the extremes of the village parish.
There is a long history of salt works nearby, but this dropped off in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the middle of the 20th century Cerebos salt works had a factory there, which was later taken over by Sharwoods. The factory has now closed, and is in the process of being leased out as office units.
It is the site of the
Hospital of God, Greatham, founded in
1273 by the then
Bishop of Durham,
Robert Stichill. Greatham Hospital was originally a foundation to aid poor people. By the 16th century the foundation was used more as a “house of entertainment for gentlemen” and it wasn't well used for helping the poor. After 1610 there were reforms, and its original mission was resumed. Greatham is still a separate village from Hartlepool, with a church, three pubs and a village green.
Greatham also had a railway station which was positioned near the old Cerebos factory, away from the majority of the village. The station survived the Beeching cuts and was later downgraded to a halt before eventually closing in the late 1980s due to lack of use. The station was part of the
Durham Coast Line.
History
Amenities
Post office
General store
Butchers
Hairdressing salon
TV repair shop
There are three pubs in Greatham.
Transport
A good bus service is operated by Stagecoach. The number 36 comes every 15 minutes, heading towards Middlesbrough via Stockton, Billingham and Norton and to Hartlepool via the Fens.
There was once an operating railway station at the bottom of the village, this is now derelict but the Middlesbrough to Carlisle trains still pass through the village.
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