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ABOUT EASINGTON VILLAGE
EASINGTON VILLAGE - Is conveniently situated to the east of the A19 trunk road with easy access to many sites of natural beauty, and within easy access of the large towns of Sunderland, Durham and Hartlepool. Local shops are situated in Easington Colliery and the neighbouring Peterlee with a few actually situated in the village. DIRECTIONS: - Take the Easington turn off from the A19. Coming from the south to Easington, at the roundabout take the B1283, pass under the flyover and St. Mary's Church, Seaton Holme and the Village Green are ahead. From the north come up through Easington, turn left at the T-junction, past the King's Head, up the bank A1086 and the main buildings are ahead. To reach the coast carry on past the King's Head/Village Inn and go straight down Seaside Lane or turn right at the T-junction.
SEATON HOLME the parish council HQ and public building, ST. MARYS CHURCH both Grade I listed and the Village Green one of the largest in the area with a Grade II listed milestone. Easington is an ancient village, one of a strip of pre-Norman settlements about a mile from the North East coast in the County of Durham. It has an interesting past not only historically but also geologically. It is one of the Durham villages, mostly medieval in origin, which were planned around a green. In his book Pevsner says "The church and Seaton Holme form the core of an ancient village layout built in four rows facing a square green. The 12th century parish church dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin stands on a hill overlooking the village green and can be seen for miles around." "The complex Magnesian Limestone of this region between the Tyne and Tees are unique in Britain and are a noteworthy feature of the geology of the Northeast. In the Easington the limestone, which in later years became the local denes well known in the area leading to the sea area of County Durham lies an escarpment of limestone laid down over 240 million years ago.
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