West Herrington, Durham
Historical Description
Herrington, West, a township in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durham, on the river Wear, 1½ mile W of Middle Herrington. Post town, Fence Houses; money order and telegraph office, Shiney Row. Acreage, 980; population,. 3426. The Earl of Durham is lord of the manor. The townships of East and West Herrington were formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1884. Population, 3635. The living of St Aidan with St Cuthbert is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church of St Aidan is a building in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, &c. St Cuthbert's is a small church, erected in 1840.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Civil parish | Houghton le Spring | |
Poor Law union | Houghton-Le-Spring | |
Ward | Easington |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for West Herrington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Herrington, West)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of West Herrington are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online: