''The Herringtons'' are split into ''East & Middle'' and ''West'' and ''New'' villages. East and Middle Herrington is now a largely residential area just off the [[A690 road|A690]]. West and New Herrington are across the [[A19 road]] from East and Middle Herrington near [[Doxford International Business Park]].
==History==
The land was claimed by the Monks of St Cuthbert and belonged to the possessions of the Bishoprics of Lindisfarne and later [[Diocese of Durham|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 1960s to include houses and the local school. This is when Herrington became a suburb of Sunderland. The houses were built by several private building firms working under one contract; one firm that was involved was Taylor's and Thompson's of Sunderland.
==Herrington Hall==
From at least Tudor times there was a Hall in Middle Herrington, occupied by a local family called Robinson. A long line of Robinsons lived here with property at [[Cleadon]], [[Hetton-le-Hole]], [[Whitburn, South Tyneside|Whitburn]] and [[Houghton-le-Spring]] but their principal business interests became centred on the quayside at [[Southwick, Tyne and Wear|Southwick]] where they were maltsters. In the late 18th Century one Robinson married [[Robert Surtees (antiquarian)|Robert Surtees]], the great historian of the country; another married a son of the poet [[Robert Burns]]. The last to live there was Ralph Robinson but in 1795 it was sold to William Beckwith from Thurcroft,
The west park which was once part of the Herrington Hall estate is under review for development by [[Sunderland council]] for a modern housing complex. The local residents set up a group called save west park to combat the action of housing being built on old historic land once being part of [[Lord lambtons]] estate. They have a Facebook page and website.
