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Title: "A South East View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland in the C.o of Durham Built by Rowland Burdon Esq.r. M.P. ;"
Author(s): Hunter, A
British Library shelfmark: Maps K.Top.12.36.c.
Place of publication: [unidentified place of publication]
Publisher: [unidentified publisher].,
Date of publication: [1796 c.]
Item type: 1 print
Medium: etching and engraving
Dimensions: sheet 33.7 x 40.5 cm [trimmed within platemark]
Former owner: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
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Angel of the North
Striking 20-metre steel sculpture with a 54-metre wingspan standing on a hilltop in Gateshead, England.
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Sunderland
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About Sunderland
Sunderland is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Ryhope, 50km from Chesters Roman Fort.
Sunderland is in England, United Kingdom, with about 170,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Ryhope, about 4 km away.
Sunderland ( ) is a port city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most populous settlement in the Wearside conurbation and the second-most populous settlement,Read more
after Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland.
The centre of the modern city is an amalgamation of three settlements founded in the Anglo-Saxon era: Monkwearmouth, on the north bank of the Wear, and Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth on the south bank. Monkwearmouth contains St Peter's Church, which was founded in 674 and formed part of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, a significant centre of learning in the seventh and eighth centuries. Sunderland was a fishing settlement and later a port, being granted a town charter in 1179. The city traded in coal and salt, also developing a shipbuilding industry in the fourteenth century and a glassmaking industry in the seventeenth century.
Sunderland was once known as 'the largest shipbuilding town in the world' and made a quarter of all of the world's ships in its yards. Following the decline of its traditional industries in the late 20th century, the area became an automotive building centre. In 1992, the borough of Sunderland was granted city status. Sunderland was historically a part of County Durham, it was incorporated into the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in 1974.
Locals are sometimes known as Mackems, a term which came into common use in the 1970s. Its use and acceptance by residents, particularly among the older generations, is not universal. The term is also applied to the Sunderland dialect, which shares similarities with the other North-East England dialects.
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What is there to see near Sunderland?
Within an hour or so of Sunderland: Angel of the North (13 km), Durham Cathedral (19 km), Durham Cathedral Cloister (Hogwarts) (19 km), Saltburn-by-the-Sea (44 km).
Are there any good drives near Sunderland?
The nearest famous roads are A689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale), B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall) and Rosedale Chimney Bank.
Where is Sunderland?
Sunderland is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Ryhope.
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- Population
- 170,134
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.9046, -1.3822
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Worth the detour from Sunderland
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Durham Cathedral
UNESCO-listed Romanesque masterpiece perched above the River Wear, widely regarded as the finest Norman building in England.
19 km · about 20 min drive
film location
Durham Cathedral Cloister (Hogwarts)
The Norman cathedral's cloister garth is where Harry releases Hedwig in the snow, and its chapter house was Professor McGonagall's transfiguration classroom.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
A Victorian seaside resort with a surviving pier and the world's oldest working water-balance cliff lift, opened in 1884.
44 km · about 50 min drive
beach
Druridge Bay
Seven miles of near-empty sand backed by dunes and reclaimed opencast lakes now managed as nature reserves.
45 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Roseberry Topping
A distinctive half-cone hill on the edge of the North York Moors, its shape the result of a 1912 landslip caused by mining.
47 km · about 55 min drive
ancient ruins
Chesters Roman Fort
The best-preserved Roman cavalry fort in Britain, on the North Tyne, with a remarkably complete military bath house.
50 km · about 60 min drive
racetrack
Croft Circuit
A former World War II airfield in North Yorkshire that hosts BTCC and is known for its mix of fast straights and tight chicanes.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Sunderland
10 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 47 kmRoseberry ToppingA distinctive half-cone hill on the edge of the North York Moors, its shape the result of a 1912 landslip caused by mining.
- 61 kmA689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale)A remote high Pennine road over Killhope with wide moorland views and almost no traffic; England's highest market town at one end.
- 61 kmB6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall)General Wade's arrow-straight road along Hadrian's Wall, rolling over the whin sill with Roman forts on either side.
- 65 kmSteel RiggA car park and viewpoint on the Whin Sill giving the classic switchback view of Hadrian's Wall towards Sycamore Gap.
- 70 kmRosedale Chimney BankOne of England's steepest roads, hitting 1-in-3 (33%) as it climbs from Rosedale Abbey onto the North York Moors past old ironstone kilns. A rite of passage for drivers and cyclists; caravans are banned.
- 73 kmHigh Cup NickA perfect U-shaped glacial valley in the North Pennines rimmed by dolerite columns, reached by a walk from Dufton.
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- ~€1.73/litre
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When to drive here
April to October
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