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FULWELL, a township in Monk-Wearmouth parish, Durham; on the coast, and on the Newcastle and Sunderland railway, 1¾ mile NNW of Sunderland. Acres, 807; of which 58 are water. Real property, £2, 085. Pop., 208. Houses, 39. Limeworks are here. A human skeleton, 9½ feet long, with two Roman coins near its right hand, was found in a bank of earth, at Fulwell hill, in 1759.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | County Durham Ancient County |
| Place: | Fulwell |
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