{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}} {{About|the village|the Site of Special Scientific Interest|Sherburn Hill (SSSI)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name=Sherburn Hill Front Street eastbound.jpg |static_image_caption= Front Street, looking east |static_image_2_name=Sherburn Hill Front Street westbound.jpg |static_image_2_caption= View to the west downhill<br />towards Sherburn and Durham city |country = England |official_name= Sherburn Hill |latitude= |longitude= |population = | unitary_england= County Durham | lieutenancy_england= County Durham |region= North East England |constituency_westminster=City of Durham |post_town= |postcode_district = |postcode_area= |dial_code= 0191 |os_grid_reference= NZ335421 }}
'''Sherburn Hill''' is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the east of Sherburn.
From 1835 to 1965, the Sherburn Hill Colliery operated near the village. In 1851, the Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church was established in Sherburn Hill. Since the merger with the nearby Bethel Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1968, the church has been called the Sherburn Hill Methodist Church.
Sherburn Hill Colliery opened in 1835, owned then by the Earl of Durham. By the 1890s it was owned by Lambton Collieries Ltd, and the pit employed 300 men and boys, producing 400 tons of coal per day. By 1914 there were 1,260 people employed at the colliery (1,071 working below ground, and 189 on the surface). In 1923 the colliery came under the ownership of Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. The colliery consistently employed over a thousand people during the 20th century up to 1964. Sherburn Hill Colliery closed on the 7th of August 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sherburn Hill Colliery (1835 - 1965) {{!}} Co-Curate|url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/sherburn-hill-colliery/|access-date=2020-06-10|website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk}}</ref>
thumb|Rapeseed field with Poppies
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==External links== {{Commons category|Sherburn Hill}} * [http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/s003.htm Durham Mining Museum page on Sherburn Hill Colliery]
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Category:Villages in County Durham Category:Category D villages {{Durham-geo-stub}}