Facts about Sunderland



The Wearmouth Colliery shaft, opened in 1835, was the deepest mineshaft in the world, reaching a depth of 1700ft.

When the Titanic sunk one survivor was a Sunderland man originally from Southwick – working in the engine room of the doomed liner.

When US President Abraham Lincoln was assasinated in 1865 he was watching a play by Sunderland born Tom Taylor – the play was titled “Our American Cousin”.

In 1923, Sunderland Chief Constable F. J. Crawley pioneered phone boxes.

Now eventually that last fact explains the actions of the unwashed from up the road....
 
Diego Maradona almost signed for Sunderland back in 1977
Reidy nearly bought van Nistelrooy.

The first history of England was written by St Bede charting the invasion of the Romans in 55BCE to the 8th century. St Peters was one of the renowned centres of learning in England at that time.
 
The word "Pen" found in both Pennywell and Penshaw is an old celtic word for hill.

The name Southwick derives from the Vikings.

The original Penny Well after which the estate was named was in modern day South Hylton (where Greenbank Drive is approximately).

Until the late 1800's South Hylton was called Ford Ferry.
 
The Romans were alleged to have had a presence in what is now Keel Square, but no dig was permitted.

Roman artifacts were found around the River area in South Hylton.
 

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