Hendon is an eastern area of
Sunderland in
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newc ...
,
North East England, the location of much
heavy industry
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and
Victorian terraces and three high-rise residential
tower blocks
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. The area is commonly referred to as the East End of Sunderland. Hendon is west of
Sunderland Docks.
Shipbuilding in Sunderland began in Hendon with the opening of a shipyard by Thomas Menvill in 1346.
The old east end of Sunderland was home to
Sunderland Barracks until the 1930s. They were located on the south side near the south docks, near present-day Warren Court (formerly known as Warren Street).
The first
aluminium
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...
bascule bridge
A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- o ...
in the world, which opened in 1948, spanned the junction of Hendon and Hudson Docks. It suffered from bimetallic corrosion and was demolished in 1977.
The
Victoria Hall Disaster
The Victoria Hall disaster occurred on 16 June 1883 at the Victoria Hall in Sunderland, England, when a stampede for free toys caused 183 children (aged between 3 and 14 years old) to be crushed to death due to compressive asphyxia.
Events
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occurred in the area on 16 June 1883 when 183 children died during a crush in a theatre, while running down the stairs in search of free toys. It remains the
worst stampede disaster in British history.
The area was home to
Sunderland AFC's first ground, ''The Blue House Field''.
[Days, p 3] The club was founded at the nearby Hendon Board School in 1879 by James Allen. Partly on its site now is the
Raich Carter Sports Centre, named after an England international footballer who was born in the area.
Hendon contains the primary schools of Hudson Road and Valley Road. It is home to many shops along Villette Road such as Gregg's. Some main roads in Hendon are Villette Road, Commercial Road, Hendon Road, Gray Road, Mowbray Road and Hendon Valley Road. The "long streets" in Hendon (Cairo Street, Hastings Street, Canon Cockin Street, St Leonard's Street, Percy Terrace and Hunter Terrace) are very long, consisting of rows of Terraced Houses and even stretching into a new area: Grangetown.
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City of Sunderland suburbs
Populated coastal places in Tyne and Wear
Sunderland
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