This spoil heap was created during the expansion of the Addison Railway Tunnel (HER 5032). The new tunnel and associated cutting is shown to the east of the old tunnel on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch map of 1920. The substantial spoil heap lies to the southeast and can be clearly seen on lidar imagery. It is now covered in trees.

This area of grazing or scrub land on Shire Moor was allotted to various villages and townships by the Duke of Northumberland as part of an enclosure act of 1788. As a result, it became known locally as the Allotment as various portions were held by Backworth, Chirton, Earsdon, Monkseaton, Murton, Preston, and Whitley. This allotted land was supposed to compensate them for common land within their parishes which had been enclosed by the Duke. These allocations are depicted on various historic maps up to and including the first edition Ordnance Survey (which labels the parcels by their allotted parish).

Allotment Farm is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (surveyed 1858) as a range of buildings set around a courtyard with an opening to the south and a gingang off the northern range. The farm appears to have been demolished and rebuilt partly as the Allotment Mill (HER 2176) by 1894 (as shown in the second edition Ordnance Survey). It appears to have been demolished at the same time as the Allotment Mill.

This is a large purpose-built Beth Hamedrash (religious study hall often attached to a synagogue). It may have been associated with or preceded a Synagogue shown on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch map of 1919 on the west side of Villiers Street South towards the southern end (HER 10843).
Sunderland's east end was in the late 19th century home to 1,000 Jewish immigrants, many from Krottingen in Lithuania. The first Beth Hamedrash (1891) was in Zion Street. In 1895 the congregation (Chevra Torah from 1891 to 1899) moved to Villiers Street North. In 1899 a new premises was built at Villiers Street South. In 1903 a new synagogue opened in Meaburn Street. In 1938 a new Beth Hamedrash was built on the corner of Mowbray Road and The Oaks (now demolished). The Ashkenazi Orthodox congregation was incorporated into the Sunderland Hebrew Congregation in 1984.
It is not clear whether this building is the 'Villiers Street North' building. It appears to be shown on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch map of 1897, which was revised in 1895.
The building is described in the Historic Area Assessment of Sunderland (Building 8, pp118-120). It is a three storey 5 bay building facing east onto Villiers Street, constructed in red brick with sandstone detailing and quoins, and a variety of window styles. There is a Star of David plaque at the upper level of each end bay. Despite its size and grandeur it was quickly found to be inadequate, and the building had become the ‘Institute for the Blind’ by 1919. Two blocks were added to the south facing onto Borough Road in the 1930s, the eastern one later becoming Peter Smith’s Antiques.

Lough House is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map as a series of buildings set around a courtyard with openings to the north and east and with a gingang on the west side. New buildings were added in the later 19th and 20th centuries but some original buildings may to survive.

North Town Moor is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map as several loosely organised ranges of buildings with a gingang on the east side. It is not shown on the second edition Ordnance Survey map.

West Town Moor is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map as three ranges of buildings with a courtyard facing south and a gingang on the north side. It had shrunk by the time of the second edition Ordnance Survey map but survived into the mid 20th century.

Hope House farm is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map as a series of buildings set around a courtyard with a farmhouse and garden to the south, three ranges of barns to the north and a possible gingang on the northernmost side. There are substantial changes to the farm by the time of the second edition map, with perhaps only the farmhouse surviving intact. The agricultural buildings have been reduced and possibly replaced by buildings associated with Whitburn Colliery to the immediate north (HER2493). The farmhouse later became a public house called Whitburn Lodge, which survives but is derelict and fire damaged (as of 2025). The roughly coursed stone wall forming the boundary to Mill Lane may be the surviving wall of the farmstead.

The Hebburn Hall PH is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition map. It may have been demolished by the time of the Ordnance Survey second edition map, as a building is shown on the site but its form has changed and it is no longer labelled. The site was later cleared and is now public open space.

This Bridle Road is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition map to the south of East Rainton.