Penshaw

Penshaw

infobox UK place
map_type= Tyne and Wear
country = England
official_name= Penshaw
latitude= 54.875842
longitude= -1.484793
population =
metropolitan_borough= City of Sunderland
metropolitan_county= Tyne and Wear
region= North East England
constituency_westminster= Houghton and Washington East
post_town= HOUGHTON LE SPRING
postcode_area= DH
postcode_district= DH4
dial_code=
os_grid_reference=
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static_image_caption=Penshaw Monument, from Herrington Country Park

The village of Penshaw (locally pronEng|ˈpɛnʃə), formerly known as Painshaw or Pensher, is an area of the metropolitan district of the City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies about three miles north of Houghton-le-Spring, just over the River Wear from Washington. It derives its name from the Cumbric "Pen", meaning hill or ridge, and the Saxon "Shaw", a wood or thicket; thus Penshaw is the wooded hill.Fact|date=February 2007Penshaw is well-known locally for Penshaw Monument, a prominent landmark built in 1844 atop Penshaw Hill, which is a half-scale replica of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens.


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