Manor houses · North East England
Thorney Close
Thorney Close in England North East, United Kingdom.
Alex McGregor — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Thorney Close is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Thorney Close is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in England. It is located on the northern edge of the A690 (Durham Road), and borders with Grindon to the north and Herrington to the south, and the A19 to the west. Originally emerging as a Tudor era manor estate and orchard, Thorney Close was purchased by Sunderland authorities in the late 1940s and transformed into one of first its post-war housing states.
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Background
Description
In 1947, land around the manor was acquired by the Sunderland corporation who began to transform the area into a post-war social housing estate. By 1948 the first 77 homes had been built, ushering in the demolition of the historic manor which following the death of its last owner Violet Bulkley, had been made redundant. By 1971 the population had risen to just under 14,000. According to the 2001 Census, the population was 9,938, with 36.7% living in council houses. In the 2011 Census the population was 11,125, as reported as part of the Sandhill ward. The estate has three shopping arcades, a community centre, one working men's club, a recently built residential home for the elderly, three…
Visiting
The estate was the feature location of a short-horror story "The Curse of Thorney Close" which embedded themes of poverty, crime and desperation into a tale of witchcraft in the area.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.8828, -1.4316
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- SR3 4JG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
Sources
- wikidata: Q16897401 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Thorney Close (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thorney Close?
- Thorney Close is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8828°, -1.4316°.
- Is Thorney Close wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Thorney Close. Check ahead for specific facilities.