Easington Lane, village

HER Number:
16332

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Easington Lane, village

Place:
Easington Lane

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Settlement

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Easington Lane village. Noted in Whellan's directory (1856) as being about a mile in length. The directory also lists the village as containing three chapels, a reading room and post office. It also contained an acadamy, conducted by William Kirke in 1856 (opened 1854) where youths were instructed on commerce, trade and other branches of learning.

Easting:
36159

Northing:
46081

Grid Reference:
NZ3615946081

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; Wardell Armstrong, 2019, Land at former Easington Lane Primary School, South Hetton Road, Archaeological Evaluation Report.