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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb 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 St Matthew’s and Tunstall Hills.
Tunstall Hills
Peak
Tunstall Hills is an area of open space in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is a Local Nature Reserve and Tunstall Hills And Ryhope Cutting has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest both for its geological and biological importance.
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 Tunstall and Plains Farm.
Tunstall
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tunstall is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England which is mostly a privately purchased estate. It is located to the west of Ryhope, and east of Silksworth.
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.
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.
New Silksworth
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Burdon, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.87472° or 54° 52′ 29″ northLongitude
-1.40763° or 1° 24′ 28″ westPopulation
10,200Elevation
279 feet (85 metres)Open location code
9C6WVHFR+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 29343725OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2641570Wikidata ID
Q7515280
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In Other Languages
“New Silksworth” goes by many names.
- Irish: “New Silksworth”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “New Silksworth”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.