Historic churches · North East England
Pittington
Pittington in England North East, United Kingdom.
Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Pittington is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Pittington is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles north-east of Durham. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 2,534. Pittington is made up of the neighbouring settlements of Low Pittington and High Pittington, which were developed for coal mining by Lambton Collieries from the 1820s. High Pittington, the larger of the two, now includes the old hamlet of Hallgarth. Hallgarth is a conservation area, designated in 1981. It is a small conservation area focussed on the Church of St Laurence, a Grade I listed building, and Hallgarth Manor Hotel (Grade II). The civil parish of Pittington includes both villages and the neighbouring village of Littletown. Pittington Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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Background
Description
The water mill, about half a mile to the south west of Hallgarth, was the scene of the 1830 murder of Mary Ann Westhorpe, a servant girl of about 17 years old. Her body was discovered at 6 o'clock in the evening of Sunday 8 August 1830. While the mill owners, the miller Mr S. Oliver and his wife were at church, Thomas Clarke, a 19-year-old fellow servant, in a distressed state, alarmed residents of Sherburn with the information that six Irishmen had broken into the mill house at Hallgarth. He claimed that they had ransacked the house for money and then assaulted him with a poker before brutally murdering Westhorpe. Returning to the mill with the people he had informed, the girl's body was…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8000, -1.4833
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Pittington
- Postcode
- DH6 1BE
- Parliamentary constituency
- City of Durham
Sources
- wikidata: Q7199121 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pittington (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pittington?
- Pittington is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DH6 1BE), in the parish of Pittington.
- Is Pittington free to visit?
- Yes, Pittington is free to enter.
- How do I get to Pittington?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DH6 1BE. It sits within the City of Durham parliamentary constituency.