Herrington Burn

HER Number

14850

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Herrington Burn

Place

Herrington Burn

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Village

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Shown on the 1848 tithe plan and subsequent plans. Farm and industrial buildings. Whelan (1856) describes the Herrington Burn as a hamlet in the township of West Herrington containing two flour mills. Nathanial Edwards is listed as a corn miller.

Easting

433090

Northing

552640

Grid Reference

NZ433090552640

Sources

Ordnance Survey First Edition 1857; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Penshaw Tithe Plan 1848 (DDR/EA/TTH/1/187)