In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sunderland like this:
SUNDERLAND, a township in Isell parish, Cumberland; 5 miles NE of Cockermouth. Pop., 70. Houses, 17.
Sunderland through time
Sunderland is now part of Allerdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Allerdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sunderland itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sunderland, in Allerdale and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3794
Date accessed: 28th April 2025
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