Children queue for traditional pocket money at the village gala.
Date (of image) : 0/7/1954
Donor : Hartlepool museum service
Creator : NDM
Location
Graythorp Village was founded by Sir William Gray who built a shipyard on the Seaton Creek entry into the River Tees. The village, eventually within the town boundary of West Hartlepool, was built to house the workers at the shipyard. A school was built and opened in 1926 by Durham County Council (another having been built at nearby Seaton Snooks in 1917).
There is now no sign of the school which closed in 1957 or the original village apart from some of the road layouts leading to a small trading estate.
See note for more detail about Graythorp School.
More detail »Village on the Tees Road formed around 1920 when William Gray opened a shipyard closer to Teesmouth and housing was built for workers. A school opened in 1926 and there was a thriving community for many years.
The site of the village exists now as an industrial estate and Graythorp dock is used for the dismantling of oil rigs amongst other things.
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