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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Wylam, township and vil. (ry. stations Wylam and North Wylam), Ovingham par., Northumberland - township, 974 ac. (43 water), pop. 959; vil., on river Tyne, 8¼ miles W. of Newcastle; P.O., T.O.; has a shot factory, pig-iron blast furnace, coal mining, and stone quarrying. George Stephenson (1781-1848), the engineer, was a native. In vicinityis Wylam House, seat.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ovingham AP/CP Wylam CP/Tn Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Wylam |
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