Peter Lee was born one of eight in July 1864 at Duff Heap Row, Fivehouses in Trimdon Grange,
in eastern Durham.
He was an important miner's leader and became the chairman of England's
first all Labour council at Durham in 1909.
Peterlee new town was created in 1948 on the site of a deserted medieval village called Yoden.
It was named after Mr Peter Lee.
