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ALSTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 757 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALSTON , a See also:

market-See also:town in the See also:Penrith See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cumberland, See also:England, 29 M. by road E.S.E. of See also:Carlisle, on a See also:branch of the See also:North-Eastern railway from Haltwhistle. Pop. (1901) 3133• It lies in the uppermost See also:part of the valley of the See also:South See also:Tyne, among the high - See also:bleak See also:moors of the Pennines. See also:Copper and See also:Mende are found, and there are See also:limestone quarries. The mines of argentiferous See also:lead, belonging to See also:Greenwich See also:Hospital, See also:London, were formerly of See also:great value, and it was in See also:order that royalties on the Alston lead mines and on those elsewhere in the See also:county might be jointly collected that the See also:parish was first included within the See also:borders of Cumberland, in the 18th See also:century. As many as 119 lead mines were worked in the parish in 1768, but the See also:supply of See also:metal has been almost exhausted. See also:Coal is worked chiefly for See also:lime-burning, and See also:umber is prepared for the manufacture of See also:colours. See also:Thread and flannels are also made. Whitley See also:Castle, 2 in. N., was a See also:Roman fort, the See also:original name of which is not. known, guarding the road which ran along the South Tyne valley and over the Pennines. It has no connexion with Alston itself.

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