[2] There is evidence of Easington having been an important pre-Norman Conquest site, including architectural fragments (dating from as early as the 8th century) found within the fabric of St Mary's Church.

Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100–1 September 1159), born Nicholas Breakspear, lived here for a time.

[5] The village is home to one of the few remaining 13th-century domestic buildings (open-hall) in the country, Seaton Holme.

It became an archdeacon's residence, served as the rectory until around 1960 and was a children's home for a time before falling into disrepair.

[8] The film Billy Elliot, set in the fictional County Durham town of Everington, was mainly shot in Easington, though the filmmakers had to go a long way north to Ellington to find the only working mine in the North East.