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For this assignment I am going to cover 86 years of change in St. Michaels Ward, Sunderland.
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History Assignment 1: Thornhill Terrace For this assignment I am going to cover 86 years of change in this locality (St. Michaels Ward, Sunderland), 1855, 1897 and 1941. Maps show a number of industries, businesses and homes have remained the same. Maps A and B show the most change, from a rural area to an urbanised area, from maps B to C there's even more urbanisation. In 1855, farming was the main industry, using most of the land. Farming was the main industry because st Michael's ward was a rural area and it had enclosed fields. We can also see on the map that there was a windmill (which was used with farming), the Bishopwearmouth steam mill which shows they adopted new technology and the Clarke tannery which would have been used to process animal skins and produce leather items. There is evidence of coal mining in the area (the...
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