* Location
Werrington is a suburb of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. It is 48.5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
* History
The first land grant in the area was made in 1806 to Mary King, youngest daughter of the Governor Phillip Gidley King. Mary did not take possession of the property until 1827, after her marriage to Robert Copeland Lethbridge. They built a house, which they named Werrington, and farmed the surrounding estate until 1865, when Robert Lethbridge died. The Lethbridge family name still survives in Lethbridge Street and Lethbridge Avenue.
Werrington, which still stands in Rugby Street (Now classed as Werrington County), was leased to New South Wales premier Henry Parkes between 1860 and 1872. It is heritage-listed. Henry Parkes arranged for the construction of a private railway platform nearby. In 1878, it was opened to the public as Parkes Platform but was renamed Werrington in 1893. The railway station provided the nucleus around which the town grew. The Werrington estate was sold and subdivided from the 1880s.
Werrington Post Office opened on 1 October 1891.
* Werrington Timeline by Penrith City Council
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