FULWELL, a township in the parish of MONKWEARMOUTH,
eastern division of CHESTER ward, county
palatine of DURHAM, 2 miles (N.N."W.)from Sunderland,
containing 118 inhabitants. On removing a bank of
earth, in 1759, a human skeleton, nine feet and a half in
length, was found, with two Roman coins near its- right
hand; and in working the limestone quarries several
years ago, a square pit was discovered, containing a
considerable quantity of stags horns, in pieces three or
four inches long, lying in a substance resembling animal
matifcer.