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SEATON (North), a township in Woodhorn parish, Northumberland; on the coast, at the N side of the Wansbeck river's mouth, and at the terminus of a branch of the Blyth and Tyne railway, 6½ miles E of Morpeth. Acres, 1, 210; of which 100 are water. Pop. in 1851, 146; in 1861, 1, 262. Houses, 209. The increase of pop.arose from the extension of collieries. N. S. House is the chief residence.
(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: | North Seaton CP/Tn Woodhorn CP/AP Northumberland AncC |
Place names: | NORTH SEATON | SEATON | SEATON NORTH |
Place: | North Seaton |
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