27/11/2021
Herrington Country Park is a country park and open public space in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Located adjacent to Penshaw Monument, the park was built on the...
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Herrington Colliery
Herrington Colliery also known as New Herrington Colliery opened in 1874 near Herrington. At that time it was owned by of the Earl of Durham and the colliery worked the 'Hutton seam' which was 3 feet in thickness, at a depth of 170 fathoms and the 'Maudlin seam' which was 4½ feet thick, at a depth of 145 fathoms. By 1960 the colliery was working 5 seams and employed 1,766. The Colliery was closed in December 1985. When it closed the colliery waste heap was the biggest in the North East. However, the site was transformed into Herrington Country Park covering around 200 hectares, and linking up the villages of Penshaw, Herrington and Shiney Row. New Herrington is a populous colliery village in this township [West Herrington], about one and a half miles north of Houghton-le-Spring. Here are chapels belonging to the Bible Christians and Christian Lay Church ; also lecture hall, which will seat about 450 persons. There are billiard, recreation, and reading rooms in connection with the Co-operative stores.
he land was claimed by the Monks of St Cuthbert and belonged to the possessions of the Bishoprics of Lindisfarne and later Durham. For centuries, dating back as far as 1200, the villages were small farming communities. All the farms in the Herrington area were originally owned by the Lambton Estates, with the Lambton's mark (glazed earthenware ram's head) being displayed prominently on one of the buildings in each farm.
Herrington was expanded in the 1960's to include houses and the local school. This is when Herrington became a suburb of Sunderland. The houses where build by several private building firms working under one contract, one firm that was involved was Taylor's and Thompson's of Sunderland. In the 19th century, the Durham Coalfield began to take shape, and a number of collieries were established in the area, including one in New Herrington. Today, the former colliery site is the Herrington Country Park which plays host to the Durham County Show and the North East Motor Show. On 7 and 8 May 2005, Radio 1's Big Weekend was staged on the Herrington Country Park site. Notable artists who performed that year include Foo Fighters,Kasabian and The Black Eyed Peas. On 16 June 2012, the Olympic Torch came through the park and Blue Peter came live from the event.
