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WALLSEND , a municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the Tyneside See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Northumberland, See also:England, on the See also:north See also:bank of the See also:Tyne, 34 M. E.N.E. of See also:Newcastle by a See also:branch of the North-Eastern railway. Pop. (1891) 11,257; (1901) 20,918. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:dates from 1809. There are remains of the church of the See also:Holy See also:Cross in transitional See also:Norman See also:style. At an See also:early See also:period Wallsend was famous for its See also:coal, but the name has now a See also:general application to coal that does not go through a See also:sieve with meshes five-eighths of an See also:inch in See also:size. The colliery, which was opened in 1807, has frequently been the See also:scene of dreadful accidents, notably on the 23rd of See also:October 1821, when 52 lives were lost. There are See also:ship and See also:boat See also:building yards, See also:engineering See also:works, See also:lead and See also:copper smelting works, See also:cement works and See also:brick and See also:tile works. In the See also:river are two See also:pontoon docks and an immense dry See also:dock. Wallsend was incorporated in 1901, and the See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 1202 acres.
Wallsend derives its See also:modern name from its position at the eastern extremity of the See also:Roman See also:Hadrian's See also:Wall; and there was a Roman fort here. It had a See also:quay, of which remains have been discovered, and possessed a See also:magazine of See also:corn and other See also:pro-visions for the See also:supply of the stations in the interior.
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