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Timeline of Sunderland

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

7th century

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11th century

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12th century

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  • 1183
    • Bishop Hugh du Puiset's charter creates the first Borough of Sunderland

14th century

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  • 1346
    • Thomas Menvill paid Bishop Hatfield an annual rent of 2s to build ships at Hendon, Sunderland (according to a 1697 copy of a document dated 1346)[2]

17th century

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1630s

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  • 1634
West View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland

1640s

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  • Local shipbuilders included Frances Readhead and Roger Thornton at Bishopwearmouth Panns[3]

1660s

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  • 1669
    • Letters patent permitted the erection of a pier and lighthouse.[1]

1670s

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  • 1672
    • The Goodchilds of Pallion, a local landowning family, built small ships to transport lime produced in their kilns[4]

1690s

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  • 1698
    • Formation of Sunderland Company of Glassmakers

18th century

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1710s

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1790s

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19th century

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1800s

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1810s

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  • 1816
    • Robert Surtees stated that 'In shipbuilding the Port of Sunderland stands at present the highest in the United Kingdom'[9]
  • 1818

1820s

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  • 1822
    • Opening of the railway line from Hetton to Sunderland coal staithes, one of the earliest uses of locomotive power. The engineer was George Stephenson.[11]
  • 1826
    • 15 June: Birth of Harry Watts, a Sunderland diver who rescued over 40 people from drowning – and assisted in the rescue of another 120 people.
    • Sinking of Wearmouth Colliery
    • Peter Austin (SP Austin & Sons) opened a shipyard at Monkwearmouth Shore[12][8]

1830s

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  • 1831
    • October: the first UK outbreak of cholera occurred in Sunderland – 200 people died.[13]
  • 1832
    • Sunderland became a parliamentary borough under the Reform Act, returning two members of Parliament.[1]
  • 1835
  • 1835/6
    • Establishment of the modern Borough Council, with the first modern Mayor
  • 1837
  • 1838
    • William Pickersgill with Messrs Miller, Rawson and Watson began shipbuilding at the North Dock[14]

1840s

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  • 1840
    • There were 76 shipyards on the Wear and 251 ships were constructed totaling 64,446 tons[9]
    • William Doxford founded his shipbuilding company and started building ships at Cox Green[15]
  • 1843
    • James Laing, son of Philip Laing, took over the company as James Laing & Sons[10]
  • 1845
    • William Pickersgill split from his partners and developed a shipyard at Southwick[14]
  • 1846
    • SP Austin and Sons moved their ship yard across the river to a site near Wearmouth Bridge[12]
    • Robert Thompson and his three sons began shipbuilding at North Sands and built their first ship in 11 weeks[16]
  • 1848

1850s

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  • 1850
    • Opening of the South Docks by George Hudson MP
    • George Short established a shipbuilding yard[18]
  • 1852
    • 27 February:Loftus of 77 tons, the first iron ship built on the Wear, was launched, constructed by George Thomas Clark and John Barkes[19]
  • 1853
    • Amity, iron ship of 479 tons, was built by Laings[19]
  • 1854
    • Robert Thompson (junior) opened his own shipyard[19]
  • 1856
  • 1857
    • William Doxford moved his shipbuilding yard to Pallion[15]
  • 1858

1860s

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1870s

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  • 1871
    • Bartrams moved from South Hylton to South Dock[19] and were known as Bartram & Haswell after the owners, RA Bartram (son of George Bartram) and George Haswell[21]
  • 1873
  • 1875
    • A record of 64 days was set for the run to Australia by the Wear built sailing vessel The Torrens. Launched in 1875, the novelist Joseph Conrad served on her for a time as mate
    • Joseph Lowes Thompson died and his three sons took over the shipbuilding company, J. L. Thompson and Sons[16]
  • 1879

1880s

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  • 1880
    • Coppermine was built by William Pickersgill, the last wooden ship built on the Wear[22]
    • William Pickersgill was killed in an accident at his shipyard[14][22]
  • 1882
    • William Doxford died[15]
  • 1888
  • 1889
    • George Haswell retired from shipbuilders Bartram & Haswell and RA Bartram was joined by his two sons to form Bartram & Sons[21]

1890s

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20th century

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1900s

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1910s

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  • 1913
    • Sunderland AFC win the Football League Championship
  • 1917

1920s

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1930s

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1940s

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  • 1940
    • 26 July: SS Balzac a Norwegian steamer, hit a mine after leaving port in Sunderland and sank, with 6 fatalities[24]
  • 1941
    • August: The Government decided to use Sunderland Corporation Quay for handling cargoes of war materials[24]
  • 1943
    • The Government decided to use a berth at South Docks for handing government cargoes[24]
  • 1946

1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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  • 1984
    • Nissan chose Sunderland for their new European manufacturing base
  • 1986
    • Abolition of Tyne and Wear County Council increases Sunderland Council's powers and duties
  • 1988
    • Announcement of closure of the shipyards on Wearside

1990s

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21st century

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2000s

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  • 2001
    • The entire council housing stock of 39,000 homes is transferred to private landlord Gentoo after a referendum of tenants found 95% support in favour of the move
  • 2008

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Britannica 1910.
  2. ↑ Dodds 2011, p. 42.
  3. ↑ Dodds 2011, p. 80.
  4. ↑ Dodds 2011, p. 81.
  5. ↑ Dodds 2011, p. 96.
  6. ↑ Dodds 2011, p. 95.
  7. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Havelock, Sir Henry" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 79.
  8. 1 2 3 Dodds 2011, p. 125.
  9. 1 2 Dodds 2011, p. 124.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Clark 2002, p. 62.
  11. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Stephenson, George" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 888.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Clark 2002, p. 52.
  13. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cholera" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 262–267. see page 264: ...and spread onwards to England, appearing in Sunderland in October 1831...
  14. 1 2 3 4 Clark 2002, p. 53.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Clark 2002, p. 44.
  16. 1 2 3 Clark 2002, p. 58.
  17. ↑ Dodds 2011, p. 1166.
  18. 1 2 3 Clark 2002, p. 69.
  19. 1 2 3 4 Dodds 2011, p. 166.
  20. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Stephenson, Robert" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 889.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Clark 2002, p. 66.
  22. 1 2 Dodds 2011, p. 167.
  23. ↑ Clark 2002, p. 37.
  24. 1 2 3 Dodds 2011, p. 221.
  25. ↑ Clark 2002, p. 38.
  26. ↑ Clark 2002, p. 57.
  27. 1 2 Clark 2002, p. 48.
  28. ↑ Clark 2002, p. 50.
  29. ↑ Clark 2002, p. 51.

Sources

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  • Clark, Andrew (2002). The People's History - Sunderland Shipyards. Seaham: The People's History Ltd. ISBN 1 902527 00 3.
  • Dodds, Glen Lyndon (2011). A History of Sunderland (Third Edition). Sunderland: Albion Press. ISBN 978 0 9525122 2 6.

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