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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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