Charting the course of Sunderland's population growth from its early beginning as a small fishing town, 'in great decay of buildings and inhabitant
Following its dissolution in 1536 the buildings and land of the monastic cell of Monkwearmouth cell.
Few local court records survive for Sunderland in the medieval and early modern periods.
As the port developed its overseas trade, Sunderland began to appear on sea charts and navigational guides.
River fisheries formed part of the bishop’s rights, or were attached to the former monastic lands, and, as with other properties of the bishop, wer
The government of Sunderland was determined by its status as a medieval borough.
During the 17th century, Sunderland's coal export trade became the mainstay of its economy.
There is evidence of some small scale salt production in Sunderland during the later middle ages.
Whilst there is some evidence of small scale coal exporting in medieval Sunderland it was not until the closing decades of the 16th century that th
The modern city of Sunderland, which now lies in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, was part of County Durham before the re-organization of
