In an air raid of April 1941,heavy damage was done not only to the school, but to the Mission Church, the Coop and 40 houses. fortunately nobody was badly injured.
This raid is documented in the notes about the school on this page. The children had to move to High Clarence School.
Date (of image) : 7/4/1941
Creator : Hartlepool Mail
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.
More detail »A selection of images and documents relating to the 'Home Front', during the Second World War.
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