PITTINGTON, a parish in the southern division of EASINGTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Durham, comprising the townships of Hall-Garth, Shadforth, and Sherburn, and containing 808 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 14. 2., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient structure, principally in the Norman style, and had formerly two chantries, in honour of St. Mary and St. Katherine. In the churchyard, among other memorials, are the effigy of a cross-legged knight, and a stone in the shape of a coffin, with a Saxon inscription. Limestone and coal abound here; and a rail-road, eight miles long, extends from Hall-Garth colliery to the river Wear at Paiiishaw.