Sunderland
The Sunderland history pages explore the history of Sunderland, a former shipbuilding town and now a city at the mouth of the River Wear in what was historically County Durham. The heart of Sunderland developed from three different but closely linked places called Bishopwearmouth, Monkwearmouth and ‘Old’ Sunderland. Like Jarrow on the Tyne to the north Monkwearmouth has links to the Anglo-Saxon age and the Venerable Bede. The Wearside towns of Washington – the original Washington – Hetton and Houghton are covered here as is the famed Wearside landmark of Penshaw Monument.
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Sunderland History Pages
Sunderland Centre : Bishopwearmouth
Old Sunderland : The ‘East End’
‘Mackems‘
Newcastle | Gateshead | North Tyneside
South Tyneside | Sunderland