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The Sunderland Center Historic District encompasses the historic center of the farming town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, on the plains of the Connecticut River.The multi-acre district runs along North and South Main Street (Massachusetts Route 47), roughly from Old Amherst Road to North Silver Lane, and includes Bridge Street and the Sunderland Bridge across the river.
By 1770 Sunderland had spread westwards along its High Street to join up with Bishopwearmouth. [18] In 1796 Bishopwearmouth in turn gained a physical link with Monkwearmouth following the construction of a bridge, the Wearmouth Bridge , which was the world's second iron bridge (after the famous span at Ironbridge ). [ 42 ]
Sunderland City Centre is part of the Sunderland Central parliamentary constituency.. For local elections, it is currently divided between three wards of the city council. The majority of the city centre, lying to the west of Fawcett Street and the north of Holmeside, is located in Millfield wa
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... This is a list of suburbs and places of interest in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England ...
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.
Ashbrooke developed through the Victorian era as Sunderland's first suburb. Originally occupied by large middle-class families, including much of Wearside's Jewish population, a fair number of the larger residences have been reorganised into dwellings of multiple occupancy, home to the local University of Sunderland 's students and young ...
The building continued to serve as the headquarters of Sunderland Borough Council and became the local seat of government of the enlarged Sunderland Metropolitan District Council in 1974. [7] After Sunderland received city status in 1992, [ 8 ] Queen Elizabeth II , accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh , visited the civic centre and unveiled the ...
Sunderland Town hall was a municipal building in the Fawcett Street in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It was the headquarters of Sunderland Borough Council until November 1970. History