In what year did Sunderland become a city?
City of Sunderland District - with the County Borough of Sunderland. The metropolitan borough was granted city status in 1992, the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession. At the Queen's Golden Jubilee the city petitioned to be allowed a Lord Mayor, but was unsuccessful. Although the city does not have a Cathedral, as it is located in the Diocese of Durham, it does have Sunderland Minster. Between 1939 and 1945 the Wear yards launched 245 merchant ships totalling 1.5 million tons, a quarter of the merchant tonnage produced in the UK at this period. Competition from overseas caused a downturn in demand for
Sunderland City Sunderland joined the North East Division again reverting to "Sunderland City". Sunderland joined the newly formed North East Premier in 2011. Sunderland City Sunderland City are a rugby league team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. They play in the North East Premier division of the Rugby League Conference. "Sunderland City" joined the newly created North East Division of the Rugby League Conference in the 2001 season. They joined the new North Premier Division for 2005 but dropped down to the North Division in 2006 competing as "Sunderland Nissan". They returned to the North Premier Division for the 2007 and