Bishopwearmouth

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Bishopwearmouth est un quartier de Sunderland, ville du Nord-Est de l'Angleterre.

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Bishopwearmouth

Bishopwearmouth is a former village and parish which now constitutes the west side of Sunderland City Centre, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, merging with the settlement as it expanded outwards in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is home to the Sunderland Minster church, which has stood at the heart of the settlement since the early Middle Ages. Until 1974 it was in County Durham.

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Sunderland Minster

The Minster Church of St Michael and All Angels and St Benedict Biscop is the minster church of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Formerly known as "St Michael & All Angels' Church", it served as the parish church for Bishopwearmouth, but was renamed in January 1998 after Sunderland was granted city status. In May 2007 the Minster ceased to be the parish church of Bishopwearmouth and the village is now a suburb of Sunderland. Sunderland Minster is part of the Greater Churches Group.

Church Landmark

University of Sunderland

The University of Sunderland is a public research university located in Sunderland in the North East of England. Its predecessor, Sunderland Technical College, was established as a municipal training college in 1901. It gained university status in 1992. It now has campuses in Sunderland, London and Hong Kong, and has about 21,000 students as of 2022.

University

City Hall, Sunderland

City Hall is a municipal building in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the Vaux Site, adjacent to Keel Square, and was opened in November 2021. It is the headquarters of Sunderland City Council.

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Vaux Site

The Vaux Site is an area of brownfield land in the centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear currently undergoing development. The area of the former Vaux Breweries until its closure in 1999, the council are recreating the site in a multi-million pound joint venture with Carillion. The development will create up to 19 new buildings for leisure, retail, living and office purposes. Phase one of construction started in 2016 with work on a series of offices valued at £25 million

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Histoire

Bishopwearmouth et sa paroisse furent fondées en 930, lorsque le roi anglais Æthelstan accorda ces terres à l'évêque de Durham. Sur l'autre rive de la Wear, Monkwearmouth avait été fondée 250 ans plus tôt. À l'origine, Sunderland, petit port de pêche à l'embouchure de la Wear, n'était qu'une partie de la paroisse de Bishopwearmouth. Devenant plus important, il s'en détache en 1719 et finit par absorber Bishopwearmouth.

Personnalités liées

Le général Henry Havelock est né à Bishopwearmouth le 5 avril 1795. Joseph Swan, inventeur de la lampe à incandescence, est né à Bishopwearmouth le 31 octobre 1828. Martini Maccomo (1835-1871), dompteur de lions, est enterré au cimetière de Bishopwearmouth. Thomas Thornville Cooper (1839-1878), explorateur, y est né.