As the port developed its overseas trade, Sunderland began to appear on sea charts and navigational guides.
The government of Sunderland was determined by its status as a medieval borough.
The town plan of Sunderland was determined by the layout of its medieval burgages.
Holy Trinity, attributed to the architect William Etty, was built in 1719 to serve the newly created parish of Sunderland.
Rector's Gill provided an overspill burial ground in Bishopwearmouth.
South of the Wearmouth bridge, a grid of new streets was laid out, 1810-14, for John Fawcett by his agent William Jamieson.
Bishopwearmouth Panns was a tiny township of six acres, most of it reclaimed from the river before 1600.
Our Newcastle-based volunteers are scouring regional newspapers for references to life in Sunderland.
Dixon (or Dixon's, or Dickson's) Square is a reminder of an older Monkwearmouth.
From directories and other sources comes evidence of trades and occupations in the port and surrounding area before 1800.
