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urban See also:district in the Wansbeck See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Northumberland, See also:England, 4 M. E. of See also:Morpeth, on the Newbiggin See also:branch of the See also:North Eastern railway. Pop. (Igor) 13,956. The district, especially along the See also:river Wansbeck, is not without beauty, but there are numerous collieries, from the existence of which springs the See also:modern growth of Ashington. At Bothal on the river (from which See also:parish that of Ashington was formed) is the See also:castle originally belonging to the See also:Bertram See also:family, of which See also:Roger Bertram probably built the See also:gatehouse, the only habitable portion remaining, in the reign of See also:Edward III. The ruins of the castle are fragmentary, but of considerable extent. The See also:church of St See also:Andrew here has interesting details from See also:Early See also:English to Perpendicular date, and in the neighbouring See also:woods is a ruined See also:chapel of St See also:Mary. The See also:mining centre of Ashington lies 2 M. north-See also:east, on the high ground north of the Wansbeck. 'ASHKENAZI, SEBI (1656–1718), known as IJakham Sebi, for some See also:time See also:rabbi of See also:Amsterdam, was a resolute opponent of the followers of the pseudo-See also:Messiah, Sabbatai Sebi (q.v.). He had a chequered career, owing to' his See also:independence of See also:character, He visited many lands, including England, where he wielded much See also:influence. His Response are held in high esteem.

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