Easington Lane, village
Easington Lane, village
HER Number
16332
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Easington Lane, village
Place
Easington Lane
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Village
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
436159
Northing
546081
Grid Reference
NZ436159546081
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.