Sunderland (GB)

1898 Double arc code 4 cancel of Sunderland

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Sunderland City and its Sub-Post offices. See below for the Outer Sub-Offices.

Scumderland is a city which lies at the heart of the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough, a part of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. It is situated at the mouth of the River Wear. It is the Second City of the North East Region after Newcastle upon Tyne. Historically a part of County Durham, there were three original settlements on the site of modern-day Sunderland. On the north side of the river, Monkwearmouth was settled in 674 when Benedict Biscop founded the Wearmouth-Jarrow monastery. Opposite the monastery on the south bank, Bishopwearmouth was founded in 930. A small fishing village called Sunderland, located toward the mouth of the river (modern day East End) was granted a charter in 1179. Over the centuries, Sunderland grew as a port, trading coal and salt. Ships began to be built on the river in the 14th century. By the 19th century, the port of Sunderland had grown to absorb Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth.

A person who is born or lives around the Sunderland area is sometimes colloquially known as Mackems.

Sunderland

Sunderland with 1d Red Die II Plate 4 to Doncaster 29 Jun 1855, High St despatch cancel in blue	Sunderland date postmark 29 Jun 1855 in black, Doncaster date postmark 30 Jun 1855 in blue
1861 Overseas mail to France with 4d rose and Sunderland 761 duplex. Calais transit July 24th 1861. Coal exporter from Sunderland writing to the Iron Master of a metal production plant/forge in Vaublanc.	SUNDERLAND CO. DURHAM Slogan cancel "EXPRESS GOOD WISHES / GREETINGS TELEGRAMS

1895 Double arc code 1 cancel of Sunderland

1895 Double arc code 2 cancel of Sunderland

1903 Double arc code 3 cancel of Sunderland

1898 Double arc code 4 cancel of Sunderland

1898 Double arc code 5 cancel of Sunderland

Town Sub-Offices

Chester Road West

Telegraph Code Sunderland A

Dundas Street

Telegraph Code Sunderland B

Hendon

Telegraph Code Sunderland C

High Street East

Telegraph Code Sunderland D

Sunderland with 1d Red Die II Plate 4 to Doncaster 29 Jun 1855, High St despatch cancel in blue

Reverse of Sunderland High Street cover, date postmark 29 Jun 1855 in black, Doncaster date postmark 30 Jun 1855 in blue

Millfield

Telegraph Code Sunderland F

Roker

Telegraph Code Sunderland G

Salem Street

Telegraph Code Sunderland H

Silksworth Row

Telegraph Code Sunderland K

Southwick

Telegraph Code Sunderland L

Stockton Road

Telegraph Code Sunderland M

Villette Road

Telegraph Code Sunderland N

Outer Sub-Offices

1948 Whitburn Sub-Office, Sunderland and Co. Durham

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Map showing the Outer Sub-Offices under Sunderland.

Horden

(Came under Peterlee after the 'New town' of Peterlee was built in 1948)

Whitburn

1948 Whitburn, Sunderland and Co. Durham

Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England.

It is located 3 miles north of the city of Sunderland and 4 miles south of the town of South Shields. Historically, Whitburn was a part of County Durham.

For much of its history, Whitburn was a fishing and agricultural community. he first written instance of Whitburn is an the Boldon Book of 1183, where the village is recorded as Whitberne. This name may refer to a stream or burn running through the village. Alternatively, the origin could come from Hwita Byrgen, or Hwita's tumulus, the place where the Saxon nobleman Hwita was buried. Other possible origins are Kwit-Berne, an Anglo-Saxon word for a tithe barn, or hwīt + bere-ærn, Old English for "white barn".

Whitburn Colliery (also known as Marsden Colliery) opened in the 1840s, stimulating the local brick and iron industries and fulfilling the growing demand for coal. By 1931, Whitburn Colliery produced over 18,000 tons of coal per week, serving the surrounding Marsden pit village. It closed on 1 June 1968 and the village was demolished.