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    Backworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) west of Whitley...
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    spent one night a week at the Backworth Drama Centre, and appeared in a series of productions at both school and Backworth. Green left school aged 16 with...
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  • Backworth Colliery Band are a traditional British Brass Band based in Backworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. The band consist of 27 senior members and...
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    Holywell was a railway station that served the village of Backworth and nearby hamlet of Holywell in what is now the Borough of North Tyneside, North...
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    Backworth was a railway station on the Blyth and Tyne Railway, serving the village of Backworth, in the borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England...
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    was never brought into use. In April 2016 a new housing development at Backworth was started and adopted the name of Brierdene. "Brier Dene, North Tyneside"...
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    Old wards No. of seats New wards No. of seats Battle Hill 3 Backworth and Holystone 3 Benton 3 Battle Hill 3 Camperdown 3 Camperdown 3 Chirton 3 Chirton...
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    4,782. In the early 2000s, Northumberland Park was built: this area, Backworth and West Allotment are all in Shiremoor. The village was originally named...
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    Lullingstone, Kent, south east England, 1st–4th centuries) Capheaton and Backworth treasures, remnants of two important hoards from northern England, (2nd–3rd...
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  • Moorside is a housing estate near Backworth and Shiremoor. It consists of a large housing estate, a few shops and a veterinary practice. There is a Catholic...
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  • Holywell Holy well East Holywell, a hamlet in Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England West Holywell, a hamlet in Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England Holly Wells (1991–2002)...
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    station, and planned future National Rail station, serving the village of Backworth and suburbs of Northumberland Park and West Allotment, as well as the...
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    Benton Junction (where they meet the East Coast Main Line) and the site of Backworth station (just east of the site of the modern Northumberland Park Metro...
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    Tyneside. The following places are located in North Tyneside: Annitsford Backworth Battle Hill Benton Burradon Camperdown Cullercoats Dudley Earsdon Forest...
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  • town was built. Other nearby villages include Forest Hall, West Moor and Backworth. Killingworth has bus links to the rest of Tyne and Wear. The town is...
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  • Jack Ord (category People from Backworth)
    left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Backworth, Northumberland. Ord made his debut for Northumberland in the 1927 Minor...
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  • north. The West Lane runs through the village from Forest Hall and on to Backworth. For local government, it is located within Killingworth ward. Until the...
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    and Wansbeck" and drawing on informants from Humshaugh, Earsdon, and Backworth.: 674  Dialect words in Northumberland and Tyneside, including many specific...
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    the 1820s coal was coming from pits further to the north in Seghill, Backworth and Cramlington, while a pit at Murton near Shiremoor had also been added...
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    Northumberland Park, opened 2005, built on the approximate site of the previous Backworth station, closed in 1979; and Palmersville, added in 1985, close to the...
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  • Tyneside from Newcastle upon Tyne via Wallsend, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Backworth, Benton and South Gosforth back to Newcastle. Since the 1980s, it has...
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  • Northumberland and North Tyneside 2 November 1964 (to passengers, north of Backworth and Monkseaton) 1971-1983 (in stages, to all traffic on North Tyneside...
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    In the late 1800s, further land was purchased by the local colliery (Backworth Colliery Co Ltd) to build housing for miners. This new estate was named...
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    years of testing from June 1975 on a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) test track in Backworth. The track was built on the route of an old mineral wagonway formerly...
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    City Council Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside Wallsend Annitsford Backworth Benton Cullercoats Dudley Earsdon Fordley Forest Hall Killingworth Longbenton...
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  • Tyneside, Northumberland NE27 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Shiremoor, West Allotment, Backworth, Holystone, Murton Village Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside NE28...
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  • rural sanitary district. It initially contained the following parishes: Backworth Bebside Burradon Earsdon East Hartford Hartley Holywell Horton Longbenton...
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    district from 1897 to 1935, consisting of the four parishes of Earsdon, Backworth, Holywell, and Murton. Earsdon Urban District and parish was abolished...
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  • Murton Row where it joined the Backworth line. Backworth Colliery had had a primitive railway, but the section between Backworth and Allotment was converted...
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    Backworth, in the county of Northumberland, on 12 November 1837. His father, Peter Burt, was at this time working as a coal hewer for the Backworth Coal...
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