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Easington may refer to one of several places: ;in England: *Easington, Lancashire, Forest of Bowland *Easington, County Durham, a town in County Durham ** Easington District, a local government district in County Durham **Easington (UK Parliament constituency), constituency represented in the British House of Commons **Easington Colliery, a village in County Durham **Easington Lane, a village in County Durham * Easington, Buckinghamshire *Easington, Cherwell *Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire, the location of the Easington Gas Terminal * Easington, South Oxfordshire *Easington, North Yorkshire *Easington, Northumberland Easington is a place and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belford about 14 miles from Alnwick, in the county of Northumberland, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 143. The parish touched Adderstone with Lucker, Bamburgh, Be ... ;elsewhere: * Easington, Jamaica See also * Eastington (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington, Lancashire
Easington () is a civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, with a population in 2001 of 52. The Census 2011 population details have been grouped with the parish of Slaidburn. Before 1974, it formed part of Bowland Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It covers just over 9000 acres. The parish adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Bowland Forest High, Slaidburn, Grindleton, Bolton-by-Bowland and Gisburn Forest along with Tatham in the City of Lancaster district and also Clapham cum Newby, Austwick, Lawkland and Giggleswick in the Craven district of North Yorkshire. History Near Brown Hills Beck on the eastern border of the parish is a bowl barrow thought to date from the late Neolithic or Bronze Age periods. It is an oval mound of earth, wide and up to high. There is another similar mound on the opposite side of the stream in Gisburn Forest. Part of the Forest of Bowland, the historic township had two divisions—Lower and Upper Easi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington, County Durham
Easington, also known as Easington Village, is a village and civil parish in eastern County Durham, England. It is located at the junction of the A182 and B1283, leading north-west to Hetton-le-Hole and south east to Horden. It is near the A19, which travels north to Seaham and Sunderland as well as south to Peterlee and Stockton-on-Tees. The population of Easington Village was 2,164 in 2001, increasing slightly to 2,171 at the 2011 Census. History There is evidence of Easington having been an important pre-Norman conquest site, including architectural fragments (dating from as early as the 8th century) found within the fabric of St Mary's Church. St Mary's itself is mostly 12th–13th century, and contains a notable amount of seventeenth-century woodwork. From 1256 until 1832 the Rector of Easington was also Archdeacon of Durham. One of the most prominent events in the long history of the village was the hanging of two men on the village green for involvement in the plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington District
Easington was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in eastern County Durham, England. It contained the settlements of Easington, Seaham, Peterlee, Murton, Horden, Blackhall, Wingate and Castle Eden. It did not however include Easington Lane which is administered as part of the City of Sunderland. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Seaham urban district with most of Easington Rural District. It had the lowest percentage of foreign-born residents in England at 1.2% (2001 census). The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. An electoral ward in the name of Easington still exists. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 7,693. Electoral divisions *''Blackhalls'' Blackhalls ward; Nesbitt parish; Sheraton with Hulam parish; Hutton Henry and Station Town parish wards of Hutton Henry parish; Hesleden parish ward of Monk Hesleden parish *''Dawdon'' Dawdon ward; Seaham H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington (UK Parliament Constituency)
Easington is a constituency created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Grahame Morris of the Labour Party. Constituency profile The constituency comprises the majority of the district of the same name, which takes in the coastal portion of the administrative county of Durham. The principal towns are Peterlee and Seaham. A seat of former mining traditions, it is one of Labour's safest in Britain — party firebrand Manny Shinwell was MP for 20 years. Constituents' occupations include to a significant degree agriculture and the service sector, however the area was formerly heavily economically supported by the mining of coal, iron ore and businesses in the county still extract gangue minerals in present mining, such as fluorspar for the smelting of aluminium, to the south in the county is Darlington, which has particular strengths in international transport construction, including bridges. To the north is the large city of Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington Colliery
Easington Colliery is a town in County Durham, England, known for a history of coal mining. It is situated to the north of Horden, a short distance to the east of Easington Village. The town suffered a significant mining accident on 29 May 1951, when an explosion in the mine resulted in the deaths of 83 men. Easington had a population of 4,959 in 2001, and 5,022 at the 2011 Census. The town's prominence increased after its use as the fictional Everington in the film ''Billy Elliot'' (2000), starring Jamie Bell. History Easington Colliery began when the pit was sunk in 1899, near the coast; indeed the pylon for the aerial flight that carried tubs of colliery waste from the mine stood just inside the North Sea. Thousands of workers came to the area from all parts of Britain, and with the new community came new shops, pubs, clubs, and many rows of terraced "colliery houses" for the mine workers and their families. On 7 May 1993, the mine was closed, with the loss of 1,400 jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington Lane
Easington Lane is a village in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough in the county of Tyne and Wear, North East England. Historically part of County Durham and located between Hetton-le-Hole, Seaham, Peterlee and Durham. It had a population of 4,044 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 7.193 at the 2011 Census. Amenities The village contains a small shopping center on the A182 road between Peterlee and Washington and also is home to the parish church of the village, St Michael and All Angels. Transport The village is served by buses operated by Go North East who provided services to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland, Peterlee, Washington, Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole The village is also close to the A1(M). The village was served by two railway lines (both of which are now closed). It was served by the Leamside Line and Durham and Sunderland Railway. There were stations at Hetton and Souh Hetton. The nearest active stations to the village are in Chester-le-Street, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington, Buckinghamshire
Easington is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chilton, Buckinghamshire, about north of the Oxfordshire market town of Thame. The hamlet is between the villages of Chilton and Long Crendon and consists of around 30 houses. The toponym is derived from Old English and evolved through ''Hesintone'', ''Essintone'' and ''Easyngdon'' before reaching its present form. Manor Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manors of Chilton and Easington. However, the Domesday Book records that by 1086 the Norman baron Walter Giffard held the two manors. The Domesday Book assessed the manor of Easington at five hides. From 1387 to 1523 the manor was part of the honour of Gloucester. In 1525 Easington reverted to the Crown The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states). Legally i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington, Cherwell
Easington, Corner and the Timms estate are three interconnecting estates in the town of Banbury, Oxfordshire. History Easington proper Easington is a ward and former Medieval village in the south-west of the market town of Banbury. Easington, which was a rural estate attached to the former Calthorpe Manor, was first mentioned in 1279. Its demesne lands were subsequently leased out over the years. In 1505 the Easington estate was leased out for a rent fee for 15 years to Anne, the relict of the lord, Sir William Danvers and after her death in 1520 a new lease for 40 years was made to the local mercer, William Pierson. Laurence Pierson was a farmer of Easington from 1540 to 1541 and by 1545 the lease had finally passed to John Crocker of Hook Norton; his son-in-law Edward Hawten used it for a rent. The Bishop of Lincoln's vast Banbury estate, except for Neithrop and Calthorpe, was sold to the Duke of Somerset in 1547, but by 1550 he granted it (except for Hardwick) t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Easington is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the area known as Holderness. A coastal settlement, it is situated between the Humber estuary and the North Sea at the south-eastern corner of the county, and at the end of the B1445 road from Patrington. The coastal town of Withernsea is approximately to the north-east. The civil parish is formed by the village of Easington and the hamlets of Kilnsea, Out Newton and Spurn Head. Bull Sand Fort is administered as part of the parish. According to the 2011 UK Census, Easington parish had a population of 691, a small decrease on the 2001 UK Census figure of 698. The parish church of All Saints' is a Grade I listed building. In 1823 the ecclesiastical parish incumbency was a perpetual curacy under the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The parish had a population of 488, with occupations that included a butcher, a corn miller, a weaver, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, two grocers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington Gas Terminal
The Easington Gas Terminal is one of six main gas terminals in the UK, and is situated on the North Sea coast at Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire and Dimlington. The other main gas terminals are at St Fergus Gas Terminal, St Fergus, Aberdeenshire; Bacton Gas Terminal, Bacton, Norfolk; Central Area Transmission System, Teesside; Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal, Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire and Rampside Gas Terminal, Rampside gas terminal, Barrow, Cumbria. The whole site consists of four plants: two run by Perenco, one by Centrica and one by Gassco. The Easington Gas Terminals are protected by Ministry of Defence Police officers and are provided with resources by the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure. History BP Easington Terminal opened in March 1967. This was the first time that North Sea Gas had been brought ashore in the UK from the West Sole gas field, West Sole field. In 1980 British Gas purchased the field Rough and in 1983 began conversion to a storage field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington, South Oxfordshire
Easington is a small village in the civil parish of Cuxham with Easington in South Oxfordshire. It is about north of Wallingford and about south of Thame. Parish church The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter was built in the 14th century. It consists of a continuous nave and chancel with no chancel arch between them. The chancel masonry is ashlar, noticeably better-dressed and more evenly coursed than that of the nave. The church building includes a 12th-century Norman doorway re-used from an earlier church on the same site. The font is tub-shaped, suggesting that it too is Norman. The chancel windows are Perpendicular Gothic. The east window has ogee tracery and includes 14th century stained glass. The piscina also is ogeed. Beside the east window on the east wall are the remains of a medieval wall painting. The woodwork of the pulpit and reading desk are Jacobean items carved in the 17th century. The pulpit bears the date 1633 but Sherwood and Pevsner su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easington, North Yorkshire
Easington is a village in the Loftus civil parish and is part of the North York Moors National Park. It is in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the A174 road, east of Loftus, east of Guisborough and north-west of Whitby History The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Earl Hugh of Chester and having 34 ploughlands. The village name derives from the Old English ''Esa-ingtūn''; literally the farm or settlement of ''Esa's people''. Historically the name has been spelt as ''Esingeton'' and ''Esington''. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village was transferred to the new county of Cleveland in 1974. Cleveland was returned to North Yorkshire in 1996. The village is in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland. Originally, the estate of ''Easington and Boulby'' had its manorhouse at the eastern end of the village. In 1799, a new estate was purchased to the south and a new mano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
