"Sunderland (/ˈsʌndərlənd/ (listen)) is a port city and the main settlement of the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, North East ...
England. It is situated at the mouth of the River Wear, approximately 16 km (10 miles) south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and roughly 19 km (12 miles) north-east of the Durham.
Historically in County Durham, there were three original settlements by the mouth of the River Wear on the site of modern-day Sunderland. On the north side of the river, Monkwearmouth was settled in 674 when King Ecgfrith of Northumbria granted land to Benedict Biscop to found Monkwearmouth Monastery. In 685, Ecgfrith further granted Biscop the land adjacent to the monastery on the south side of the river. As the river separated this land from the monastic community, it was henceforth referred to as the "sunder-land" and would grow as a fishing settlement before being granted a charter in 1179. West of the medieval village of Sunderland on the south bank, Bishopwearmouth was founded in 930." - (en.wikipedia.org 25.07.2021)
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