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Doxford House is an 18th-century mansion in the Silksworth area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]Formerly known as Silksworth House, it was constructed in 1775–1780 by William Johnson who on his death in 1792 bequeathed the property to his friend Hendry Hopper.
In 1950, Sunderland authorities purchased 208.69 acres (84.45 ha) [20] and set out plans for the creation of a new estate consisting of over 1,400 houses, [21] creating today's Farringdon. The last private owners of the estate were Robert Moorhead and George Lee, who were publicly critical of the pace at which the land was acquired and ...
Silksworth is a suburb of the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.The area can be distinguished into two parts, old Silksworth, the original village and township which has existed since the early middle ages, and New Silksworth, the industrial age colliery village which expanded north west of the original settlement.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 164 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 12 National Historic Landmarks. Another 3 sites were once listed on the Register but have since ...
The SR postcode area, also known as the Sunderland postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in north-east England, within three post towns. These cover eastern Tyne and Wear (including Sunderland ) and north-east County Durham (including Seaham and Peterlee ).
Ford Estate (known as Ford locally) is a suburb in the south of Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. The suburb is divided into two areas: High Ford borders the estate of Pennywell . Low Ford, to the east, borders the suburb of Pallion . [ 1 ]
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Lying west of Sunderland city centre on the south bank of the River Wear, South Hylton has a population of 10,317 (2001 Census). Once a small industrial village, South Hylton (with only one access road) is now a dormitory village and is a single track terminus for the Tyne and Wear Metro .