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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 467 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NEWBURN , an See also:

urban. See also:

DISTRICT

district in the Tyneside See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Northumberland, See also:

England, on the See also:

TYNE

Tyne, 54 m. W. of See also:

Newcastle by a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

North Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 12,500. It has collieries, and See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering, See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool and See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

clay See also:

WORKS

works, and there is a large See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population. Newburn is of considerable antiquity. See also:

ROMAN

Roman remains have been discovered in proximity to See also:

HADRIAN (PUBLICS AELIUS HADRIANUS)

Hadrian's See also:

Wall. A See also:

church here was destroyed by fire in 1072 in the course of a dispute between two claimants of the earldom of Northumberland. Here in 1640 the Scottish See also:

COVENANTERS

Covenanters planted guns to protect them while fording the See also:

RIVER

river, after which they defeated the See also:

ENGLISH

English on the See also:

Durham See also:

side at Stellaheugh, and subsequently occupied Newcastle. The name of Scotswood, one of the manufacturing villages between Newburn and the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city', commemorates one of their positions. The district has many associations with the famous engineer See also:

George See also:

Stephenson, See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Wylam, 3 M. W.

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