Peterlee Biography, Peterlee Videos, Peterlee Similar artist, Peterlee Discography, Peterlee Tags
You are in :
HOME :
P :
Peterlee :
![Peterlee]()
Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, the town
is named after Peter Lee, a prominent local miner. Peterlee town originally
mostly housed coal miners.
Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and
Hartlepool.
General information
Development of Peterlee Peterlee is unique among the new towns which came
into being after the Second World War in that it was the only one requested
by the people through their political representatives - though whether a
majority of the people living in the surrounding colliery villages actually
wanted the place to be built remains a moot point. It can certainly be
argued that the building of Peterlee was at the expense of such nearby
colliery villages as Thornley and Wheatley Hill where development was
deliberately suppressed by the local council in favour of the new town. The
colliery village of Horden has, however, suffered perhaps more; its pr
Discography not available
Videos not available