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4435


Sunderland


Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth Green, Customs House


Sunderland


NZ35NE


Maritime


Maritime Office


Custom House


Post Medieval


C17


Documentary Evidence


The first purpose-built Customs House was on Bishopwearmouth Green. It was replaced in the 17th century by another in Low Street, established in 1784 and shown on Rain’s Eye plan.


39


56


NZ3956



<< HER 4435 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 19

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