Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Tunstall
Tunstall in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Tunstall 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
Tunstall is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England which is mostly a privately purchased estate. It is located to the west of Ryhope, and east of Silksworth. The area was built around a large hill, known as Tunstall Hill. Since 1966 pilgrims have erected crucifixes on the hill every Good Friday. It is the location of Venerable Bede Church of England Academy, which is on the former site of Ryhope Colliery and later Ryhope golf course.
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Background
History
Tunstall is a village that has been present since the early middle ages, first mentioned in the 1183 Norman era Boldon Book the contemporary village green continues to mirror its medieval shape. By the 14th century, Hatfield's survey of Durham recorded 12 tenants in the village who held 110 acres of block demesne lands, with 14 dwellings, a mill and two cottages on the land. Tunstall was formerly a township in the parish of Bishop-Wearmouth, in 1866 Tunstall became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1967 the parish was abolished and merged with Sunderland. In 1961 the parish had a population of 6566. In 1974 it became part of the metropolitan district of Sunderland.
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- Coordinates
- 54.8741, -1.3902
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- SR3 2BF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
Sources
- wikidata: Q7853370 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tunstall, Sunderland (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tunstall?
- Tunstall is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8741°, -1.3902°.