Mill Lane.
The area round High St and Low St were full of “common lodging houses” catering for seamen from the docks nearby as well as casual workers. J.M. Denmott seems to set up a defence line to prevent B.Taylor getting any trade.
Photograph Norman Kirtlan, information from Len Charlton.
St John's church in Prospect Row was built in 1769 fifty years after Holy Trinity, the parish church, which had become too small for the expanding population. Prospect Row was near to the barracks, docks and old railway station.
Photograph Norman Kirtlan, information from Len Charlton.
Holy Trinity was the Sunderland Parish church situated at the end of Church St . Built in 1719 after public petition for Sunderland to have a church closer than St Michaels at Bishopwearmouth it was in the heart of the docks area alongside the large Town Moor. As old Sunderland was gradually cleared after WW2 congregations diminished and the church closed in 1988. It now stands as a historic building in isolation.
Photograph Norman Kirtlan, information from Len Charlton.
The Crown Inn on Ettricks (Corporation) Quay at the end of Low St. The archway alongside led up some steps to Deans Yard with two other pubs to choose from, The Robin Hood and The Wear Tavern. Perhaps the lady in the white blouse is thirsty. Once crowded with drinking haunts the Crown survived them all.
Information from Len Charlton.
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The Saddle Hotel at 17 High St . Clarkson Stansfield, the famed marine artist, was born in 1793 and spent his early life in the adjacent property. In 1812 he was press-ganged into the navy and after a fall from the rigging was discharged and started his painting career.
Information from Len Charlton.
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