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The local Board of Health had put their foot down over the amount of debris that the market was depositing in the High Street every Friday. It was February 1880 when the new site opened.

A millwright called John Bewley had established an iron-foundry in New Street in 1808, on the site of some hop kilns.

The new outside market was opened in October 1962. Its concrete 'umbrella' roof based on cylindrical sections allowed for fewer columns and greater flexibility of arrangement.

This shows the new church which was built to replace the New Jerusalem Church.

Christ Church was Weston's second new church, opening in 1855 to serve the new estates around Montpelier. Unusually, the church was built before the houses.

Market Street leads from Old Market Place behind the photographer to Upper Parliament Street, and is terminated by the Theatre Royal's 1865 stuccoed front with its six-columned portico.

The main part of the new outside market lies along Peel Street; its construction forced the alteration of the bus station into a line of stands on each side of the street.

The church at the far end of the street is Wesley Memorial Church. Situated in New Inn Hall Street, it opened in October 1878.

The pace of change accelerated as the 20th century approached, and after its formation in 1895 the new Urban District Council embarked on a programme of renovation.

Situated on Abbey Street next to the Swan Hotel, the New Jerusalem Church was one of the most striking buildings in the town.

By 1870 the 'New Town' not only covered the small parish of Crawley, but also parts of its neighbours, Ifield and Worth.

We are looking eastwards along Manor Street. The three-storey building to the left is the Nag's Head Inn, and buildings with the finial on top are the Manor Street School.

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

The new library and mayoral suite were seen as the first phase of a new block of civic buildings, though in fact it was another 30 years before the rest of the site - the Civic Centre and Civic

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, were built in 1803. The word 'shambles' comes from the Old English 'sceamol', which originally meant a bench for the sale of meat.

New buildings along North Street included the Court House (1831) and the Mechanics' Institute (1834). The Post Office of 1839 was superseded by a new one in Bow Street (1891).

The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, was built in 1803.

Bratton Water once continued as an open run from what is now the Parade end of the Avenue across what is now Blenheim Gardens to the sea.

After the war, the remains of the city centre were demolished to make way for a new, more regular street plan. In this picture the new Post Office is still under construction on the right.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.