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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WEARMOUTH (Monk), a township and a parish in Sunderland district, Durham. The township lies on the coast, within Sunderland borough. Acres, 616; of which 69 are water. Real property, £13,737; of which £6,154 are in mines, and £53 in railways. Pop., 3,343. Houses, 494.—The parish contains also M.-W. Shore, Fulwell, Hylton, and Southwick townships; and is ecclesiastically cut into the sections of M.-W., M.-W.-All Saints, and Southwick. Acres, 5,419. Pop. in 1851, 16,911; in 1861, 23,440. Houses, 3,129. The livings of M.-W. and M.-W.-All Saints are p. curacies in the diocese of Durham. Value of M.-W., £350;* of All Saints, £150.* Patron of M.-W., Sir H. Williamson, Bart.; of All Saints, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The living of Southwick is a rectory, and has been separately noticed. See Sunderland.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Monkwearmouth CP/AP Sunderland RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place names: | MONK WEARMOUTH | WEARMOUTH | WEARMOUTH MONK |
| Place: | Monkwearmouth |
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