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TYNE , a See also:river in the See also:north-See also:east of See also:England, flowing east-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward to the North See also:Sea, formed of two See also:main branches, the North Tyne and See also:South Tyne. The North Tyne. rises in the Cheviot Hills, at their south-western extremity, near the Scottish border. The valley soon becomes beautifully waoded. At See also:Bellingham it receives the Rede, whose See also:wild valley, See also:Redesdale, was one of the See also:chief localities of border warfare, and contains the site of the See also:battle of Otterburn (1388). The South Tyne rises in the south-eastern extremity of Cumber-See also:land, below See also:Cross See also:Fell in the Pennine See also:Chain, and flows north past See also:Alston as far as the small See also:town of Haltwhistle, where it turns east. The valley receives from the south the picturesque Allendale, in which the See also:lead mines were formerly important. The two branches of the Tyne join at See also:Warden, a little above the town of See also:Hexham, with its See also:great See also:abbey, and the See also:united stream continues past See also:Corbridge, where a See also:Roman road crossed it, in a beautiful sylvan valley. The united course from the junction to the sea is about 30 M. The length from the source of the North Tyne is 8o m., and the drainage See also:area is 1130 sq. m. In its last 15 M. the Tyne, here the boundary between See also:Northumberland and See also:Durham, is one of the most important commercial waterways in England. Sea-going vessels can navigate up to See also:Blaydon, and collieries and large manufacturing towns See also:line the See also:banks—See also:Newburn, See also:Newcastle-upon-Tyne, See also:Wallsend and North See also:Shields on the Northumberland See also:side; See also:Gateshead, See also:Jarrow and South Shields on the Durham side, with many lesser centres, forming continuous lines of factories and See also:shipbuilding yards. The growth of the great shipbuilding and See also:engineering companies, now amalgamated, of which the See also:Armstrong See also:firm at See also:Elswick is the most famous, necessitated the dredging of the river so as to See also:form a deep waterway. At high-See also:water See also:spring tides there are 40 ft. of water at Shields See also:Harbour at the mouth, and 31 at Newcastle, 8 m. up river. Dangerous rocks outside the mouth have been partially removed and the See also:remainder protected, and the Tyne forms a very safe harbour of See also:refuge.
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