Farringdon, Sunderland

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Farringdon
Coordinates: 54.8732° N 1.4238° W Farringdon shown within Tyne and Wear
Population	5,100
Metropolitan borough	City of Sunderland
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SUNDERLAND
Postcode district	SR3
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Sunderland South
European Parliament	North East England
List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear

Farringdon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

Farringdon is a council-built housing estate, erected in the 1960s. 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. It has 5 public transport stops.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Street 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, and Andrew Road.