Healeyfield

Healeyfield is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish taken from the 2011 census was 1,544.[1] It is situated to the south west of Consett.

First documented in the Boldon Book as Heleie, “Alain de Chilton, holds Heley, as is contained in his charter, for Cornforth...”.[2] The village is also listed in Bishops Hatfield's survey (1381) as Heley, "...being held by John de Chilton".[3] The place name probably means “the high clearing”.[4]

Healeyfield and the surrounding area had three lead mines. Healeyfield mine, Silvertongue mine and Dean Howl mine. All disused by the 1920s. There was a smelting mill at nearby Watergate, Castleside.[5] [6]

The village was the site of a prisoner of war camp during the First World War from which two prisoners escaped.[7][8]

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. Greenwell, William (1852). Boldon buke : a survey of the possessions of the see of Durham, made by order of Bishop Hugh Pudsey. Durham: Surtees Society. pp. 32, 66. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. Greenwell, William (1857). Bishop Hatfield's survey, a record of the possessions of the see of Durham. Durham: Surtees Society. pp. 124. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  4. Watts, Victor (2002). A dictionary of County Durham place-names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society. p. 57. ISBN 0904889653.
  5. Smith, Stanley (1923). Special reports on the mineral resources of Great Britain Vol, 25. pp. 36–39.
  6. Pirt, W.K. (2002). Lead mining in the Derwent Valley. North Mine Research Society.
  7. The Times. 19 December 1917. p. 3. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. Hatch, F. H. (1920). The iron and steel industry of the United Kingdom under war conditions. London: harrison. pp. 53. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

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