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SHILDON

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 859 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHILDON , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Bishop See also:Auckland See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Durham, See also:England, 9'm. N.W. from See also:Darling-ton by a See also:branch of the See also:North Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district of Shildon and See also:East Thickley (19o1) 11,759. At New Shildon or East Thickley are extensive railway See also:engine and See also:wagon See also:works belonging to the railway See also:company. A large See also:coal See also:traffic is handled here, as there are collieries and foundries in the vicinity.

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