A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
SOUTHWICK, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Monk-Wearmouth parish, Durham. The village stands on the river Wear, 1½ mile NW of Sunderland r. station; consists of two parts, High and Low; carries on ship-building, glass-making., brick-making, and pottery-work; and has a post-office‡ under Sunderland. The township comprises 1,018 acres. Real property, £10,626; of which £343 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 2,721: in 1861, 4,263. Houses, 626. Pop. in 1868, between 6 and 7,000. The property is much subdivided. The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Pop., 4,683. Houses, 704. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, about £500.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of D. The church is modern; and there are Wesleyan, United Methodist, and Primitive Methodist chapels, an Alexandra institute, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Southwick on Wear |
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