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Sunderland
Sapling's City Gateways bring together all our content relating to specific cities in the UK and Ireland. This Gateway features links to web sites that are relevant to Sunderland and Wearside, as well as details of local books, events and news.
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The Buildings of England - County Durham
Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth Williamson (Editor)
(2002)
Hardcover - 574 pages
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300095996
Synopsis by publisher:
The premier monument is Durham Cathedral, greatest of English Norman churches. Lovers of the Middle Ages will also seek out the county's exceptional Anglo-Saxon churches, while many of its great castles - Brancepeth, Raby, Auckland, Lambton - conceal palatial Georgian and Victorian interiors. The landscape varies dramatically, from the wilds of Teesdale and Weardale in the west, to the pioneering industrial ports of Sunderland and Hartlepool on the coast, including fine gentry houses and stone-built market towns. South Tyneside and northern Cleveland, historically part of County Durham, are also covered.
Check Amazon.co.uk for pricing and availability
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Sunderland: City and People Since 1945
Neil Sinclair
(2004)
Hardcover - 192 pages
Breedon Books
ISBN: 1859834043
Synopsis by Amazon.co.uk:
Few cities have changed so dramatically since the end of World War Two as Sunderland. In 1945 it was the largest shipbuilding town in the world and its economy and employment depended on its heavy industries. By 2000 the shipyards, coal mines and industries had vanished along with famous names such as Vaux Breweries and Binns department store. In a few decades Sunderland was transformed. Working life altered forever with the coming of car manufacturing and telephone call centres, and the social and cultural changes that occurred were just as rapid and wide-ranging. Neil Sinclair's beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched history of this period gives a fascinating insight into the process of change. He recalls the personalities, events and underlying trends that had a major impact on the development of the city. His narrative records what it was like to live through this sometimes difficult time of transition. The slum clearance programme is well described, as are the development of the vast post-war housing estates and the changes in the city centre. A fine selection of illustrations shows how the old industrial sites, often on the river-banks, have been reused for housing, leisure facilities and the growing university campus. The author also examines the characteristics of Sunderland people and he vividly recalls notable individuals who shaped the recent development of the city. Neil Sinclair's book will be essential reading and reference for everyone who lives in the city and has experienced half a century of transformation.
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