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These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Sunderland. You may be able to find further references to Sunderland in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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SUNDERLAND | a town, a parish, and a district | Imperial |
Wearmouth | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Sunderland within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
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Charles Wesley | Jan. 1 - Aug. 26, 1751: London to Bristol and the north | 3 |
George Head | Durham Coast | 3 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 9: Eastern Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland | 2 |
Robert Gammage | Touring the Welsh border in 1852 and 1853 | 2 |
George Head | Whitehaven | 2 |
John Wesley | 1757-9: "I do Indeed Live by Preaching"; Advice to Travelers; French Prisoners | 2 |
William Camden | Durham, Lancashire and Westmorland | 1 |
Charles Wesley | May 17 - Aug. 28, 1743: Bristol to Newcastle, then Cornwall | 1 |
Charles Wesley | Sept. 2 - Dec. 30, 1745: Yorkshire and Durham | 1 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 5 (London), Part 2: The City | 1 |
Daniel Defoe | Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland | 1 |
Robert Gammage | Hampshire, Lancashire, and final reflections | 1 |
George Head | Leeds | 1 |
George Head | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1 |
John Wesley | 1774-6: Wesley Arrested; A Terrible Ride; A Methodist Isaac Newton; the American War | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Millfield | 0 | 2 |
Deptford | 0 | 2 |
Pallion | 0 | 2 |
Monkwearmouth | 0 | 2 |
Bishop Wearmouth | 0 | 2 |
Hendon | 0 | 2 |
Monkwearmouth Shore | 0 | 1 |
Southwick on Wear | 0 | 2 |
Maiden Paps | 0 | 2 |
Ford | 0 | 2 |
Tunstall | 0 | 2 |
Fulwell | 0 | 2 |
South Hylton | 0 | 1 |
Silksworth | 0 | 2 |
Hylton | 1 | 6 |
Ryhope | 0 | 2 |
Offerton | 0 | 2 |
Herrington | 0 | 2 |
East Boldon | 0 | 1 |
Boldon | 0 | 2 |