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  • ...sh county whose common name is prefixed with "County", as is more familiar in [[Ireland]], rather than being suffixed with "shire". ...[[Pennines]], separated from [[Northumberland]] to the north by the River Tyne and the Derwent and from the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] by the River Tee
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  • |picture = Corbridge, pant in Market Place 099.jpg ...’Britannia’’ and the site of one of the earliest churches standing in Britain.
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  • |picture=Newcastle Quayside with bridges.jpg ...and Newcastle City Centre are joined by seven different bridges across the Tyne, including the landmark Gateshead Millennium Bridge. The town is becoming i
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  • ...n''' is a town in [[County Durham]]. It stands in the south of the county in the [[Tees Valley]], and is often slated as 'the gateway to the Tees Valley [[File:Darlington - geograph.org.uk - 52377.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Darlington in 2004]]
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  • '''Sunderland''' is a city in [[County Durham]] standing at the mouth of the [[River Wear]] on the [[Nort ...toward the mouth of the river (modern day East End) was granted a charter in 1179.
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  • ...a whole consists of East Dulwich, West Dulwich and Dulwich Village, lying in a valley between the neighbouring and contiguous districts of [[Camberwell] The name of Dulwich has been spelt in various ways in history; ''Dilwihs'', ''Dylways'' and ''Dullag'' have appeared. Then name m
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  • |name = Newcastle upon Tyne |picture caption = View across to Newcastle from the Baltic Art Centre
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  • ...Dhekelia]] [[British overseas territory|territory]], and the only village in the Western SBA with a significant non-military population. The name of the village is found elsewhere in the Greek-speaking world and means 'Cape'.
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  • ...ast through the town. The town is1¼ miles from the A1, which bypasses it. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 13,833. Nearby villages includ ...p |title=Cistercian Abbeys: NEWMINSTER |author=|date=|work=The Cistercians in Yorkshire |publisher=Sheffield University |accessdate=10 November 2009 }}</
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  • '''Newark-on-Trent''' (generally shortened to '''Newark''') is a market town in [[Nottinghamshire]]. It stands on the [[River Trent]], the A1 (on the route ...besieged by Parliamentary forces, and had to be relieved by Prince Rupert in a battle known as the Relief of Newark.
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  • ...ajor city, [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. The population was estimated as 39,000 in 2004. The first record of the Manor of Cramlington is from a mention in 1135 when the land was granted to Nicholas de Grenville. A register of earl
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  • '''Tipton''' is a town in [[Staffordshire]], within the [[Black Country]] and contiguous with the sur ...so that ''Tibbantun'' would be "Tibba's estate". It appears as 'Tibintone' in the [[Domesday Book]].
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  • '''Bishop Auckland''' is a historic market town in [[County Durham]], about 12 miles northwest of [[Darlington]] and 12 miles ...r sectors.<ref name="TNE200089" /> Today, the largest sector of employment in the town is manufacturing.
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  • ...Its history goes back to Roman times when it was called ''Concangis'', and in the later Anglo-Saxon period it became the seat of a bishop for over a cent The town is on the [[River Wear]], 7 miles south of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and miles west of [[Sunderland]]. The Parish Church of St Mary and St Cut
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  • '''Seaham''', formerly ''Seaham Harbour'', is a small town in [[County Durham]], 6 miles south of [[Sunderland]] and 13 miles east of the ...St Mary the Virgin is regarded as one of the 20 oldest surviving churches in the United Kingdom.
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  • ...en [[Crook, County Durham|Crook]] and [[Stanhope, County Durham|Stanhope]] in [[Darlington Ward]]. ...one-built listed buildings, period features and links to its long history. In recent years it has become a thriving visitor stopping off point at the bas
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  • ..., [[Rowfoot]] and [[Melkridge]] are close by. It has a population of 3,811 in 2001. ...be the exact geographic centre of the island, along with [[Dunsop Bridge]] in [[Lancashire]], 71 miles to the south.
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  • |post town=Newcastle upon Tyne ...in [[Northumberland]] near [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. The name means island in the Pont (the river which flows through the village), as the area consisted
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  • ...d]], at the mouth of the [[River Tyne]], between [[North Shields]] (on the Tyne) and [[Cullercoats]] (on the coast to the North). It had a recorded popula ...at 1917, which was a major coastal fortress and the control centre of the Tyne defences, which stretched from Sunderland to Blyth.]]
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  • ...on''' is a town in [[Northumberland]], ten miles north of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], which is just sufficiently north to avoid being swallowed into the latte ...and therefore a detached part of [[County Durham]] though locally situate in Northumberland.
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  • '''Uttoxeter''' is a small market town in [[Staffordshire]], in the east of the county and away from any of the clumps of towns which have ...s have been discovered in the town (now in display in the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent). It is possible that Uttoxeter had some form of Roman activ
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  • |churches= 292 ...he defensive hill at Durham and the bishopric became the Diocese of Durham in that year of around 1000, and this led to the founding of the city. Legend
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  • |name=Newcastle |picture=Newcastle upon Tyne, England.jpg
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  • |constituency=Berwick-upon-Tweed ...les east of [[Kelso]] in Roxburghshire and 17 miles southwest of [[Berwick upon Tweed]].
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  • '''Lanchester''' is a village in [[County Durham]], on the banks of the [[River Browney]] 8 miles west of th ...s economy was mainly based on agriculture. It is now a residential village in which a number of housing estates have been developed since the late 1960s.
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  • '''Llay''' is a village and parish in [[Denbighshire]] close to the border with [[Flintshire]]. The name comes fr ...was a major employer for the area before its coal reserves were exhausted in 1966.<ref name=bbc>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/wrexham/page
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  • |constituency=Berwick-upon-Tweed ...south side of the [[River Tweed]] about three miles west of [[Coldstream]] in the latter county.
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  • |post town=Newcastle upon Tyne ...ive estate originally built as municipal housing by Newcastle City Council in the 1950s and 1960s.
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  • |name=Newcastle Cathedral |city=Newcastle upon Tyne
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  • |post town=Newcastle upon Tyne |LG district=Newcastle upon Tyne
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  • '''Felling''' is a town in the north of [[County Durham]], falling within the conurbation spreading ou ...s than a mile east of Gateshead, and a mile from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. In 2012, Felling had an estimated population of 8,202.
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  • ...king, Robert the Bruce. It became one of the richest monastic foundations in England with grants from the crown and bequests from de Brus, other nobles ...garded as among the finest surviving examples of early Gothic architecture in Britain.
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  • ...as 'Allendale Town', to distinguish it from the dale itself) is a village in south-western [[Northumberland]]. At the 2011 census, the parish had a pop ...come a popular commuter town for the county's major city, [[Newcastle upon Tyne]].
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  • ...close to the [[River Tyne]], about fourteen miles west of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and ten miles east of [[Hexham]]. ...ers to travel to Newcastle or to Hexham. It is linked to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and the A1 by the A695 which passes through the village. It is also linke
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  • ...e county of the same name. The village is to the north of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], adjacent to Camperdown and [[Killingworth]]. Camperdown, once known as Burradon has been occupied since the 5th or 6th century <small>B.C.</small> In 1317 John de Weetslade (Camperdown) joined a rebellion against the King. Th
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  • ...posite [[Stocksfield]]. It stands between [[Hexham]] and [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. [[Bywell Castle]] is a gatehouse tower built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland.
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  • |picture=Bardon Mill in 2007.jpg ...west of [[Haydon Bridge]] and [[Hexham]], on the [[River Tyne|River South Tyne]].
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  • |constituency=Berwick-upon-Tweed ...thumberland. It is located about halfway between [[Alnwick]] and [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]. The ancient parish extends to [[Detchant]], [[Middleton, Northumb
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  • ...county, about ten miles west of the county's great city, [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and at the border with [[County Durham]]. ...cottage in which he was born stands on the north bank of the [[River Tyne|Tyne]] three quarters of a mile east of the village centre. It is preserved as '
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  • |constituency=Berwick-upon-Tweed ...am Burn, a tributary of the [[River Aln]], about 300 feet above sea level, in a rural conservation area set amongst rolling countryside, within five mile
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  • |post town=Newcastle Upon Tyne |constituency=Berwick-upon-Tweed
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  • ...d a modern bridge which used to carry the A69 road. A bypass was completed in 2009 and the A69 now bypasses the village to the south.<ref name=hexhamcour ...ing Haydon Bridge with [[Alston, Cumberland|Alston]] and [[Penrith]], both in [[Cumberland]].
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  • |picture caption=River South Tyne from Kirkhaugh Bridge ...he A689 road about two miles north of [[Alston, Cumberland|Alston]] across in [[Cumberland]].
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  • {{hatnote|For the village in Yorkshire see [[Kirkheaton]]}} |post town=Newcastle Upon Tyne
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  • ...uth-west of [[Haltwhistle]].The village lies adjacent to the [[River South Tyne]]. The name 'Lambley' means 'lamb pasture' in Old English (''Lamb leag'').<ref name=Rowland>{{cite book
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  • |picture caption=Cottages in Netherwhitton ||constituency=Berwick upon Tweed
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  • |post town=Newcastle-upon-Tyne '''Stamfordham''' is a village in [[Northumberland]], about five miles west of [[Ponteland]] and ten miles ea
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  • |city=Newcastle upon Tyne |picture caption=Holy Jesus Hospital, Newcastle
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  • ...'' is a ruined stone castle in the [[North Hylton]] area of [[Sunderland]] in [[County Durham]]. ...he principal seat of the Hylton family until the death of the last "baron" in 1746.<ref name="Fry">Fry, p.246</ref>
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  • '''Polperro''' is a village and fishing harbour in south-eastern [[Cornwall]], on the county's south coast. The [[River Pol]] ...bouring town of [[Looe]]. It is a noted tourist destination, particularly in the summer months, for its idyllic appearance with tightly-packed ancient f
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  • |post town=Blaydon-on-Tyne ...ether with Winlaton, with which is now contiguous, the resident population in 2011 was 13,896.<ref>https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011, retrieved 28 M
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  • ...il 2006, after a local referendum.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4638145.stm Referendum to abolish Civil Parish]</ref> ...on Works (opened in 1827, which became premises of the Caterpillar Company in the mid-20th century).
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  • ...the late Victorian period until 1978, the town had the second-longest pier in the United Kingdom.<ref name="2ndlongestpier">[http://www.theheritagetrail. ...oliday destination has declined over the past decades, due to the increase in foreign travel and to a lesser degree exposure to flooding that has prevent
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  • ...The village's name should not be confused with the hamlet of [[Galligill]] in the Nent valley, within the same parish of Alston Moor. ...less than 200. Those who live and work in the village are mainly employed in agriculture. Garrigill Post Office is a traditional village store which has
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  • ...ally written '''Holme St Cuthberts''') is a small hamlet and larger parish in [[Cumberland]]. The hamlet is to be found about 23 miles to the south-west The name is derived from Old Norse, in which the word ''holmr'' meant "islet", so "St Cuthbert's isle".<ref>{{plac
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  • ...rbation and which is to be found four miles north east of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. ...tches along Front Street on the Old Coast Road. The opening of the station in the nineteenth century caused the district around the railway to be develop
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  • '''Crawcrook''' is a semi-rural village in the north of [[County Durham]]. The population taken at the 2011 Census re The village stands midway between [[Prudhoe]] in [[Northumberland]] and [[Ryton, County Durham]].
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  • |post town=Newcastle Upon Tyne ...called after a long gone palatial residence, is a north eastern suburb of Newcastle, adjacent to but fiercely separate from Killingworth. Until the mid 1960s i
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  • ...Fell was initially established by a moderate influx of tinkers and miners in the 18th&nbsp;century.<ref name=man308/> ...villas remain today and contribute to the dozen Grade II listed buildings in the suburb, which has continued to develop into an affluent area with a vil
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  • ...ernmost corner of [[Northumberland]]. Its population was recorded at 8,419 in the 2011 census. ...s first mentioned in a charter dated between 1106 and 1116 and is recorded in the St Alban's Register. At about this time the lands of Preston were grant
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  • ...les south of Gateshead (and two and a half miles south of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]). The county town, [[Durham]], is twelve miles to the south. The 2001 ce ...urb, climbs to above 500 feet above sea level, making it the highest point in the Gateshead area.
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  • |post town=Newcastle Upon Tyne |LG district=Newcastle upon Tyne
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  • |picture=Entrance to the Grandstands, Newcastle Race Course, Gosforth Park - geograph.org.uk - 561000.jpg |picture caption=Entrance to the Newcastle Race Course
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  • ...uth of [[Gateshead]], and just under three miles south of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], while its county town, [[Durham]], is twelve miles to the south. In 2011, the Windy Nook and Whitehills ward had a population of 9,781.
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  • ...er Thames]] in [[Ham, Surrey|Ham]], south of [[Richmond, Surrey|Richmond]] in [[Surrey]]. It is a Grade I listed building.<ref name=l>{{NHLE|1080832|Ham ...tectorate his daughter Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart on her father's death in 1655, successfully navigated the prevailing anti-royalist sentiment and ret
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  • ...rnsley]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] of [[Yorkshire]], in the [[Staincross Wapentake]]. ==Churches==
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