Queen Victoria PH altered in the 1920s. In 1961 the manageress was Florence Morley. Became the Black and White in 1981 and Strings in 1988. Demolished early 21st century.

The Alnwick Castle PH described in 1827 as a 'property of attractive character' and bought by Allsopp's in 1898, ceased trading in 1939.

Nightingale Tavern. Closed 1915. Exact location unknown.

The Britannia. Closed 1915. Exact location unknown.

The Fountain Inn. Closed 1915. Exact location unknown.

Football ground. There is a blue plaque to Bobby Gurney (1907-1994) next to the gate to the pitch on Byers Court. Gurney played for Silksworth Boys in the Sunderland and District Schools League. He played for Sunderland A.F.C. from 1925-1939.

The Colliery Inn was the first public house encountered by the miners of Silksworth Colliery on their way home via the Pit's 'Black Road'. Built in the 1870s the pub was renamed The Drift Inn after the Pit closed in 1971; it then became The Sportsman's Arms. It is now Drift Café and Bistro.

THE CEDARS. Sunderland A.F.C. are believed to have played as many as four matches at a pitch here in 1881 making it the Club's second home ground. The historic OS maps show this area as Victoria Gardens. Now built over.

Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, pen name Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, stayed at Holy Trinity Rectory in 1872 and 1887 visiting his sister Mary who lived here with her husband, the Rev. Collingwood, rector of this parish.

The Mill Inn became Newcastle's most expensive beerhouse, a record £3500 was paid for it at auction. It came near to closure in 1901 when the justices refused to renew its licence because it was 'a house of disorderly character', although it survived on appeal. Demolished c.2014.