A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BACKWORTH, or Blackworth, a township in Earsdon parish, Northumberland; on the Morpeth and Tynemouth railway, 4½ miles NW of North Shields. It has a station on the railway; which serves also for Holywell and Earsdon. Acres, 1,360. Pop., 954. Houses, 189. The manor belonged anciently to the priory of Tynemouth; and belongs now to the Duke of Northumberland. A coal mine here produces the Northumberland Wallsend or Earsdon Main coal.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | BACKWORTH | BACKWORTH OR BLACKWORTH | BLACKWORTH |
| Place: | Backworth |
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