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Before the 1st English civil war the North, with the exclusion of Kingston upon Hull, declared for the King. In 1644 the North was captured by parliament. [24] The villages that later become Sunderland, were taken in March 1644. [25] One artifact of the English civil war near this area was the long trench; a tactic of later warfare. [25]
1634 – Bishop Morton's Charter created Sunderland's first Mayor and Corporation. [1] West View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland. 1698 – Formation of Sunderland Company of Glassmakers; 1669 – Letters patent permitted the erection of a pier and lighthouse. [1] 1719 – Sunderland Parish's Holy Trinity Church opened
The National Glass Centre opened in 1998, reflecting Sunderland's distinguished history of glass-making. [165] Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, on Borough Road, was the first municipally funded museum in the country outside London. [64] It houses a comprehensive collection of the locally produced Sunderland Lustreware pottery. The City ...
Sunderland was also recognised by London University as a centre for its BEng (Bachelor of Engineering) degree in 1934. During the Second World War, Sunderland ran special courses for the armed forces and the Ministry of Labour. In the 1960s, a PDP-8 hybrid computer was installed at the Chester Road site. There was also an Elliot Brothers 803B ...
James Watson Corder (1867–1953) is a historian best remembered for documenting family history in Sunderland, County Durham, England. His volumes are invaluable to people interested in genealogy today.
Sunderland (/ ˈ s ʌ n d ər l ə n d /), [5] also known as the City of Sunderland, is a metropolitan borough with city status in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England.It is named after its largest settlement, Sunderland, spanning a far larger area, including nearby towns including Washington, Hetton-le-Hole and Houghton-le-Spring, as well as the surrounding villages and hamlets.
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