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Haswell, County Durham

Coordinates:54°47′00″N1°25′04″W / 54.7834°N 1.4177°W /54.7834; -1.4177
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Village in County Durham, England

Human settlement in England
Haswell
St Paul's Parish Church, Haswell
Haswell is located in County Durham
Haswell
Haswell
Location withinCounty Durham
Population1,831 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ375433
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDURHAM
Postcode districtDH6
Dialling code0191
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
54°47′00″N1°25′04″W / 54.7834°N 1.4177°W /54.7834; -1.4177

Haswell is a village inCounty Durham, inEngland. It is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) east of the city ofDurham, 9 miles (14 km) south of the city ofSunderland and 3.1 miles (5.0 km) north-west of the town ofPeterlee.

History

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The original settlement of Haswell was located whereHigh Haswell is now on the hilltop before the village's centre moved downhill to its modern location on Salter's Lane. In the 14th century, Haswell's small population was nearly wiped out by theBlack Death.[2]

Resting on a limestone escarpment,coal was discovered in the early 19th century and a colliery was sunk by 1831.[2] Haswell became home to the first coal mine in the world with a steel cable down itsmine shaft. On 28 September 1844, ablackdamp explosion at killed 95 Haswell Coal Company workers, with just four survivors.[3] The colliery closed in 1896, and Haswell's population collapsed by 1901 after the miners left, leaving behind a rural settlement.[2]

Notable people

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Haswell was the birthplace of world championroad racing cyclistTom Simpson, born 30 November 1937, who died aged 29 onMont Ventoux during the1967 Tour de France.

References

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  1. ^"Parish population 2011". Retrieved20 July 2015.
  2. ^abc"Haswell Village and Colliery".Durham Records Online. 30 July 2013. Retrieved30 October 2024.
  3. ^"Haswell – the 1844 Pit Disaster".A history of Haswell. Archived fromthe original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved15 October 2010.

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