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Sunderland Bridge, County Durham is in County Durham.
The River Wear rises near Killhope, County Durham [Map] as the Killhope Burn from where it flows past Cowshill, County Durham [Map] and Wearhead, County Durham [Map] after which it is known as the River Wear.
Thereafter it flows past St John's Chapel, County Durham [Map], Westgate, County Durham [Map], Eastgate, County Durham [Map], Stanhope, County Durham [Map], Forsterley, County Durham [Map], Wolsingham, County Durham [Map], Witton-le-Wear, County Durham [Map], Bishop Auckland, County Durham [Map], Willington, County Durham [Map], Sunderland Bridge, County Durham through Durham forming a great loop overrlooked by the Castle [Map] and Cathedral [Map], past Chester-le-Street, County Durham [Map] and through Sunderland, County Durham [Map] where it joins the North Sea.
St Bartholemew's Church, Sunderland Bridge, County Durham, North-East England, British Isles [Map]
St Bartholemew's Church, Sunderland Bridge is also in Churches in County Durham.
St Bartholemew's Church, Sunderland Bridge [Map]
After 20th April 1916. St Bartholemew's Church, Sunderland Bridge [Map]. Grave of 4617 Private William Dunn of the Durham Light Infantry. Died 20 April 1916. Son of Thomas and Jane Dunn. Born at Croxdale.
After 5th October 1916. St Bartholemew's Church, Sunderland Bridge [Map]. Grave of 13501 Private Herbert Bell of the Durham Light Infantry died 05 October 1916 aged twenty-seven. Son of the William and Margaret Bell. Born at Croxdale. Died of wounds at the East Leeds War Hospital, Beckett Park, Headingley.
Sunderland Bridge, County Durham, North-East England, British Isles [Map]
Sunderland Bridge [Map] originally carried the Great North Road (A1) across the River Wear, and probably dates back to the 14th century. It is built of dressed sandstone with four semicircular arches. The bridge has undergone several rebuilds, with the end arches being rebuilt in 1770, the parapets widened in 1822, and new end walls built in the 19th century.
The adjacent new bridge.
Initials of the builders of the 1769 rebuild.
One of the original mileposts now hidden in bushes.
Old Bridge House once a Coaching Inn.