Durham

Theme:

Item	Locality	County
A Growing Town: With some 6,00 or so people living around the mouth of the Wear in 1719, Sunderland now...	Sunderland	Durham
A mariner's view of Sunderland: A view of the coastline and town from the sea would have been the first sight of Sunderland...	Sunderland	Durham
A New Parish: By the early 1700s the wealthy urban élite of Sunderland were complaining that most...	Sunderland	Durham
Barracks: There was a military presence in the port through much of the 18th century, but it was not until...	Sunderland	Durham
Becoming a city: Sunderland became a city in 1992, sixty years after the first attempt to gain city status. The late...	Sunderland	Durham
Bede and Wearmouth: Much of what we know of Anglo-Saxon Sunderland comes from the writings of the celebrated monk and...	Sunderland	Durham
Bishopwearmouth Rectory: The parish church of St Michael and All Angels in Bishopwearmouth belonged to the bishop of Durham...	Sunderland	Durham
Bishopwearmouth: medieval shapes in a modern landscape: The historic centre of Bishopwearmouth has been subjected to more change than most parts of the...	Sunderland	Durham
Boldon Book: The fortuitous survival of two great surveys, Boldon Book, and Bishop Hatfield's survey, drawn up...	Sunderland	Durham
Churches and chapels: Sunderland's extraordinary variety of significant churches ranges from the Anglo Saxon St Peter,...	Sunderland	Durham