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Sunderland (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 54 43 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.9119 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 23 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.3833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Developed on the mouth of the River Wear, around monastery founded in 674; grew during expansion of coal trade in the 17th century; was large shipbuilding center by the 18th century; industries include glassware and pottery manufacturing; suffered severe unemployment in 1930s. |
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| Sunderland (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Bishop's Wearmouth (H,V)
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............ | refers to early settlement & church on S side of river, name was often used to refer to entire port area |
| Monachorum (H,V)
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| Monkwearmouth (H,V)
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............ | refers to settlement on N side of the Wear, was birthplace of Bede & site of abbey |
| Uuiremuđa (H,V)
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| Uuiuraemuda (H,V)
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| Wearmouth (H,V)
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............ | name used in Saxon times, refering to location on mouth of Wear river |
| Weremutha (H,V)
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| Wermuth Episcopi (H,V)
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| Wiramupa (H,V)
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Sunderland (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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grew up around 7th-century monastery |
| city (C) |
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since 1634 |
| industrial center (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| shipbuilding center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| monastic center (H) |
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from its foundation in 674, until its dissolution in 1539 |
| regional capital (C) |
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