A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WHITLEY, a township in Cullercoates chapelry, Tynemouth parish, Northumberland; on the coast, and on the Blyth and Tyne railway, 2½ miles N of North Shields. It contains a neat village of its own name, A handsome seaside terrace, and a reservoir of the North Shields water-works; and has a post-office under North Shields, and a r. station. Acres, 539. Pop., 419. Houses, 80. The manor belonged to Tynemouth priory. Coal, ironstone, and limestone are worked.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Tynemouth AP/CP Whitley CP/Ch Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Whitley |
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