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Barnes Burn aka Bishopwearmouth Burn, Rector's Gill, Galley Gill
Mouth: Sunderland, City of Sunderland
Source: Hastings Hill, City of Sunderland
Length: 3.05km (Unculvert Sections)
Length of Waterways: 3.07km (Unculvert Sections)
Tributary Of: River Wear
Etymology: Named for former area of Bishopwearmouth, named for the mouth of the River Wear, and for lands granted to the Bishop of Durham.
Regions:
North East
Counties:
Tyne and Wear (Ceremonial)
County Durham (Historical)
Quick Trivia:
Burn Park is another unculverted section of the burn.
It is historically known as Galley's Gill. [1;S8]
Photo Taken 19th October 2025.
Image Depicts Barnes Burn in Burn Park.
Burn that flows by Barnes Park, then it culverts, it re-emerges at Burn Park and culverts by the end of Burn Park and flows into River Wear underground.
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