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Peter Lee (1864-1935)
Peter Lee (1864–1935) was a miner's trades unionist, county councillor and Methodist preacher. He was born in Trimdon Grange, County Durham, and started working in Littletown Colliery, Pittington, at the age of 10. He worked in over 20 different mines, including some in the USA and South Africa. At his time at Wingate Colliery, where he was checkweighman, he was elected as delegate to the Miners Conference. Lee was later checkweighman at Wheatley Hill Colliery, where he was elected to the parish council. By 1909, Peter Lee was a councillor of Durham County Council and became it it's chairman in 1919. He went on to become President of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain. The new town of Peterlee was named after him.
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Peterlee
- Overview About Peterlee Map Street View Peterlee is a small town built under the New Towns Act of 1946, in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally …
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Bede Rest, Neville's Cross, Durham
- Bede Rest on Beech Crest (road) is a house in the Neville's Cross area of Durham. The house was built in 1922 on behalf of the Durham Miners Association for …
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Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre and Parish Rooms
- Overview Map Street View Wheatley Hill Parish Rooms and Heritage Centre is situated in the Cemetery grounds at Wheatley Hill. The building was originally a chapel of rest, which was …
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Peterlee
- Overview About Peterlee Map Street View Peterlee is a small town built under the New Towns Act of 1946, in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally …
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Bede Rest, Neville's Cross, Durham
- Bede Rest on Beech Crest (road) is a house in the Neville's Cross area of Durham. The house was built in 1922 on behalf of the Durham Miners Association for …
