Excerpt from Sunderland: History of the Town, Port, Trade and CommerceSunderland, Bishopwearmouth, Bishopwearmouth Panns, Monkwearmouth, and Monkwearmouth Shore. Each Parish had its own Overseers, and each was separately rated to the poor. At that period it was said to be a very compact town, and contained inhabitants.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.