Southwick, Durham

Description
Southwick, a village, a township, and two ecclesiastical parishes in Monkwearmouth parish, Durham. The village stands on the river Wear, 1 1/2 mile NW of Sunderland railway station; consists of two parts-High and Low; carries on shipbuilding, glassmaking, brickmaking, and marine engine and pottery works; and has a station for goods on theN.E.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.), under Sunderland. The township comprises 845 acres of land and 55 of tidal water; population, 10,226. It is governed by a district council. The ecclesiastical parishes of Holy Trinity and St Columba were constituted in 1847 and 1884. Population, 6777 and 6666. The livings are a rectory and a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Durham; net value of Holy Trinity, £700. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. Gross value of St Columba, £300. Patrons, the Crown and Bishop alternately. Holy Trinity Church was erected in 1842, and consists of chancel, nave, and western pinnacled tower. St Columba's was built in 1889, and is a red brick building consisting of nave and aisles. There are Congregational, Primitive and United Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels, Conservative and Liberal clubs, a workmen's institute, a police station, and a cemetery of 9 acres, formed in 1882, and under the control of a burial board of nine members.