Farringdon, Sunderland

Infobox UK place
official_name= Farringdon
country= England
region= North East England
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static_image_caption= Allendale Road, Farringdon
map_type= Tyne and Wear
population= 5,100
latitude= 54.8732
longitude= -1.4238
post_town= SUNDERLAND
postcode_area= SR
postcode_district= SR3
constituency_westminster= Sunderland South
metropolitan_borough= City of Sunderland
metropolitan_county= Tyne and Wear

Farringdon (known locally as "Farra") is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.Farringdon is a council-built housing estate, erected in the 1950s. It is approximately 3 miles south of the city centre along the A690, close to Thorney Close, Silksworth, East Herrington, Gilley Law and Doxford Park.

History

Up until the construction of the estate, the land on which the Farringdon estate was built was farmland. The land was owned by Cuthbert Pepper, a rich landowner, who lived in Farringdon Hall next to East Herrington. Sunderland County Borough Council purchased the land and a housing estate was constructed. Three schools were also built in Farringdon: a comprehensive school, a junior school and an infants school. In 2002 the junior and infants schools were combined into a single primary school.

Although initially all homes on the estate were council-owned, today many residents have bought their own homes. Approximately 5,000 people now live on the estate and is now the third largest in the city.

Facilities and schools in Farringdon

Farringdon contains a large secondary school (Farringdon Community Sports College), and a primary school (Farringdon Primary School] ). The police have a station in Farringdon that covers the west division of the city, and recently a fire station was built. There is also a large social club, two churches (one which is Roman Catholic, the other being Anglican), a local library, two pubs and three shopping arcades. Also in Farringdon is the Jubilee Centre, a community centre offering activities and learning opportunities for people in the area, it has a private dentist, which broke away from the NHS, a McDonalds, and two residential homes for the elderly.

treet naming convention

All street names in Farringdon begin with the letter A. The main street running through the centre of the estate is "Allendale Road". Other streets include "Archer Road, Avonmouth Road, Abercorn Road, Abroath Road, Antwerp Road, Arckle Road,Aboyne Square" and "Andrew Road".

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