Mining has taken place from at least 1715, with the first deep mine being the Augusta Pit at Dinnington Colliery which was sunk in 1867. Historic Maps of Dinnington and the local area. And where the by-path leads From the earliest records it can be seen that the farming in the area used the traditional feudal system of tofts and crofts of 30 acres each. Dinnington Heritage Society have just launched a new site with lots of photographs and infotmation about Dinnington's history.
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. There are 24 military records available for the last name Dinnington.
Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. Part of spanglefish.com - Web Sites. photo of Dinnington. Please take time to have a look and share with all your friends as the more hits it gets the easier it will be to Google. 72 Squadron RAF flying out of RAF Woolsington now Newcastle Airport which is located next to the Village actually shot down a Ju88 at night - a remarkable achievement for an aircraft considered unsuitable for night fighting.
In 1871 a new boy’s school was built, It was known as Dinnington Village Council School until 1945 when it became a County Primary School, it is currently unused. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and Dinnington was lucky to escape bombing attacks. The name Dinnington means the settlement of Dynne's people. The Environmental Agency is now responsible for the drainage and the area still occasionally floods. near derelict and earmarked for demolition. Dinnington, originally in Northumberland until 1974, is today part of Newcastle. While verdure clothes each hill Other farms noted in Dinnington are Moorey Spot and Havannah, formerly situated at the eastern end of the Airport runway, where Dinnington Mill was located. Luckily, however, these measures weren’t needed as it was discovered that the man stationed to watch the Blacksmiths corner from the old South Mason’s Farm kitchen couldn’t actually see the road due to his short-sightedness. Before the installation of mains water, the village was served by wells. During the great war the men who lost their lives from the Parish have their names recorded in St Matthews Church, the Dinnington Memorial Institute (the men’s institute by the village hall), and the Brunswick war memorial.
William Wood’s funeral took place the following Sunday of his murder, when he was buried in the churchyard 1500 people were said to have attended. Until 1835, Dinnington and Mason were part of the ecclesiastical Parish of Ponteland. Which stately trees adorn colliery1905 when 10,000 acres were leased to Dinnington Colliery
It was endowed by Matthew Bell Esq. Lesser roles and duties (commissioners, grand jurors and overseers of highways) were conducted by local people. Photographs, artefacts and stories began to flood in. single men. Here are George Hunter was found guilty on March 5th 1876 and was found to have committed previous shootings. Some of the many artefacts loaned to us for the WW1 exhibition September 2014, "When our generation has gone, nobody will remember that.