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    Sunderland, Lancashire

    Village in Lancashire, UK

    Sunderland, commonly known as Sunderland Point, is a small village among the marshes, on a windswept peninsula between the mouth of the River Lune and Morecambe Bay, in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. It was used as a port for slave ships and cotton ships but its importance declined as other ports such as Lancaster were opened up. Strictly speaking, "Sunderland Point" is the name of the tip of the peninsula on which the village of Sunderland stands, but the name is frequently applied to the village itself. Wikipedia

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  2. sunderlandpoint.net

    Sunderland Point is of immense historical significance. Here, at the end of the 17th century, the merchants of Lancaster reached out for a share of the colonial trade. For a century Sunderland Point was a significant base for boat building and international trade. By the end of the 18th century Lancaster was the fourth largest port in England ...
    • About us

      Originally established to work with Lancaster City Council and the Environment Agency to organise domestic flood defences systems. Its role has developed to be the focal point of contact with all official external bodies who may impact the daily life of Sunderland Point, as well as to work on behalf of residents on any matter of concern.

    • Visitors

      There is no car park at Sunderland Point and owners of cars left on the shingle at the end of the road by the public toilets are reminded this also can be covered by the tide. Please take great care on the causeway if arriving by car. As well as being covered by the tide, the road is very muddy, with parts in poor condition. ...

    • Natural World

      The mudflats and salt marsh around Sunderland Point are also registered a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Protection Area in the Morecambe Bay and Dudden estuary area, designated by Natural England for the conservation of wild birds.. Sunderland Point is further included in the Morecambe Bay area as a 'Wetland of International Importance', especially as a waterfowl ...

    • Environment

      Environment - in our special context - means the effect of the sea and tides on Sunderland Point. The village is defined by the tidal estuary as the river enters the Irish Sea. ... The sea has eroded away over 100 metres of the Point End. The action of the sea undermines the causeway, it washes sands and muds from Morecambe Bay into the ...

    • Buildings

      In 1894 Sunderland point opened its own Mission Church. The last house built on the Point dates in origin from 1927. First Terrace. On this terrace with the old wharf in front, the buildings had a varied mix of original uses. What was the Ship Inn sits on the corner with The Lane, further along has been warehousing, a general smithy, a custom ...

    • Artists

      The tidal causeway has ensured that Sunderland Point retains an atmosphere of a time passed, a small microcosm of history - a ghost of the eighteenth century. Add to this the mesmeric ebb and flow of the river and sea against the wide horizons to the Forest of Bowland and Pennines to the East and the vastness of Morecambe Bay to the West.

  3. en.wikipedia.org

    Sunderland, commonly known as Sunderland Point, is a small village among the marshes, on a windswept peninsula between the mouth of the River Lune and Morecambe Bay, in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England.It was used as a port for slave ships and cotton ships but its importance declined as other ports such as Lancaster were opened up.
  4. sunderlandpoint.net

    TodayThere is no car park at Sunderland Point and owners of cars left on the shingle at the end of the road by the public toilets are reminded this also can be covered by the tide. Please take great care on the causeway if arriving by car. As well as being covered by the tide, the road is very muddy, with parts in poor condition. ...
  5. sunderlandpoint.net

    Historic Sunderland Point is unusual, intriguing and mysterious. Walking around the Point and through the village, a strong sense of place emerges, the mudflats and salt marsh, the river, sea, hills and the big, big skies. Step back in time among the 18th century buildings that served as Lancaster's first transatlantic port.
  6. discoveringbritain.org

    The earliest ship to sail from Sunderland Point, The Lambe, was bound for Jamaica in 1687. Clearly, tradesmen from this small city showed scope of ambition and aspiration in the face of developing patterns of trade. Although today Sunderland village may seem like a backwater, in the seventeenth century it was bound up in global trade thanks to ...
  7. tripadvisor.co.uk

    Sunderland Point struck me as a rather unusual place, accessible only via the causeway that appears at low tide. We parked up on the shingle beach directly off the causeway and in front of the only toilets on this little island. An eclectic row of pretty stone houses and little cottages greeted us along the front, adorned with various plaques ...
  8. sunderlandpoint.com

    The story of Sunderland Point goes back a long way. Prior to the Norman Conquest, little is known, but inevitably both Romans and Vikings will have sailed past or even stepped ashore whilst waiting for the tide to take them up river. In 1066 Earl Tostig held the manor of Overton of which the southern part was Sunderland.
  9. amandaragaa.com

    Sunderland Point is the burial place of Sambo, a slave who was 'elevated' to the position of servant to the Master of an unidentified ship which docked in 1736. He was sent to stay with other ship hands at the inn whilst the Master travelled on to Lancaster alone on business. The popular narrative is that Sambo thought he had been abandoned ...
  10. walkingenglishman.com

    The Walk: Sunderland Point lies at the end of a road that is buried under water at every high tide. Marshy inlets form part of the mouth of Lancashire's River Lune and at low tide the muddy channels are the rich feeding ground of numerous waders which assemble in flocks to feed. The long-legged waders include the oystercatcher, easily picked out by its black and white plumage and orange beak.
  11. baldhiker.com

    After turning back around the point you will soon come to the place of Sambo's Grave. A grave that reminds us of our dark roots to slavery and a grave that tells a story along with it. Sambo was a slave boy or young man of African origin, who arrived at Sunderland Point with a trading ship from the West Indies in 1736.
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