In a message dated 18/03/2005 23:10:14 GMT Standard Time, houseinwinstonhills@bigpond.com writes: Does SKS have any information on "Shore" or "Monkwearmouth Shore Town" for the period 1840 - 1860. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Monkwearmouth Shore was a township (or sub division) of Monkwearmouth Parish. The other townships were Monkwearmouth, Fulwell, Southwick and Hylton. A township was a division of a parish which formed a unit of local administration; it levied a separate Poor Rate and appointed a constable. It was chiefly owned by Sir Hedworth Williamson who was Lord of the Manor. It was 287 acres on the north bank of the river, and in 1891 had 20,564 inhabitants. In the Municipal Corporation Act of 1837 the townships of Monkwearmouth and Monkwearmouth Shore were incorporated into the Sunderland Borough municipal boundary. See the map at http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/pip/singlezoom.asp?img=p1666&ref1=1813 and http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/pip/singlezoom.asp?img=p2354&ref1=2225 The north bank from Wearmouth Bridge to the sea and half a mile inland came to be known as the Barbary Coast at the end of the 19th. century Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org