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WHICKHAM , an See also:urban See also:district in the See also:Chester-le-See also:Street See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Durham, See also:England, 4 m. S.W. of See also:Newcastle-upon-See also:Tyne, near the See also:river See also:Derwent. Pop. (1901) 12,852. There is a station (Swalwell) on a See also:branch of the See also:North-Eastern railway. 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:Mary has See also:Norman and Transitional portions, and in the neighbourhood is the See also:mansion of Gibside, of the 17th See also:century. The See also:demesne See also:borders the Der-went, and is of See also:great beauty, See also:part being laid out in formal gardens and straight avenues. It contains a lofty Doric See also:column and a detached See also:chapel and banqueting See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, and in the vicinity are picturesque fragments of the monastic chapel of Friarside, and of the See also:manor See also:house of Hollinside. Whickham is one of the centres of a See also:coal-See also:mining district, the mines employing the See also:majority of the See also:industrial See also:population; but there are also See also:iron, See also:steel, and chemical See also:works.
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