East Herrington Farm

HER Number

16563

District

Sunderland

Site Name

East Herrington Farm

Place

East Herrington

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Farm shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey plan c.1855. Whelan (1856) lists the farmers at East Herrington as William Angus, Michael Brown and Barnabus Rutter. These names are likely to relate to other farms in the vicinity such as the one opposite East Herrington (now Ivy House, HER 7200).

Easting

436050

Northing

553050

Grid Reference

NZ436050553050

Sources

Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1855.