Place:Fulwell, Durham, England

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Fulwell is an affluent area and former civil parish in the City of Sunderland and the English county of Tyne and Wear. The parish itself was abolished in 1928 as a result of the Sunderland Corporation Act, 1927, and the area incorporated into the former County Borough of Sunderland in County Durham. It borders the other former parishes of Seaburn, Southwick, Monkwearmouth, and Roker. Fulwell is located near the district border between Sunderland and South Tyneside. Fulwell ward, which includes Seaburn, had a population of 11,604 at the UK census of 2011.

Fulwell was primarily a farming village until it became part of the urban sprawl of industrial Sunderland in the nineteenth century.

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Fulwell was a township in the ancient parish of Monkwearmouth. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1928 it was part of Sunderland Rural District. In 1928 the civil parish was abolished and the area was absorbed into the county borough of Sunderland.

In 1974 this part of Durham became part of the district of the City of Sunderland within the county of Tyne and Wear.

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• County Durham Archives. Durham County Record Office is located on the Lower Ground Floor of County Hall, the administrative headquarters of Durham County Council, in Durham City.
• Northumberland and Durham FHS covers both Northumberland and the northern part of County Durham. The Family History Society have a research centre in Percy House in central Newcastle upon Tyne (full address on website), open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• The Cleveland, North Yorkshire & South Durham Family History Society covers the southern part of County Durham as well as the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire on the south side of the River Tees. Their homepage includes a map to show the society's coverage. (Once again, full address and other details on the website)
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1832 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time. This map includes the boundaries of the various Wards (or "hundreds") in existence at that time.
• Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
• Unfortunately, the Victoria County History for Durham is limited in its coverage. It only includes the cathedral city of Durham, including an account of the cathedral itself. Also covers Stockton Ward in the south-east of the county (bordering North Yorkshire) including Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees.