New Silksworth
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.- Type: Locality with 10,200 residents
- Description: village in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
- Also known as: “New Silksworth, Sunderland” and “Silksworth”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Farringdon Community Academy and Doxford House.
Farringdon Community Academy
School
Farringdon Community Academy is a co-educational secondary school with academy status, located in the suburb of Farringdon in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.
Doxford House
Residential building
Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doxford House is an 18th-century mansion in the Silksworth area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. Formerly known as Silksworth House, it was constructed in 1775–80 by William Johnson, who on his death in 1792 bequeathed the property to his friend Hendry Hopper.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farringdon and Thorney Close.
Farringdon
Suburb
Photo: Sunderland Renaissance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Farringdon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally a Monastic grange and manor estate for hundreds of years, Farringdon was rebuilt as a post-war council housing estate in the 1950s.
Thorney Close
Suburb
Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thorney Close is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in England. It is located on the northern edge of the A690, and borders with Grindon to the north and Herrington to the south, and the A19 to the west.
Plains Farm
Suburb
Plains Farm is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, and is a council-built housing estate, erected in the 1940s. Neighbouring areas include Silksworth, Barnes, Thorney Close, Springwell and Farringdon.
New Silksworth
- Categories: village, suburb, and civil parish
- Location: Burdon, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“New Silksworth” goes by many names.
- Irish: “New Silksworth”
- Swedish: “Silksworth”
- “Silksworth”
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