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Ponteland

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Ponteland is a village and parish in Northumberland, situated north of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [1]

66 relations: Alan Shearer, Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Scottish border, Barnard Castle School, Bastle house, Battle of Otterburn, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Charles Edward Stuart, Church of England, Commuter town, Darras Hall, Darras Hall railway station, Dumfries and Galloway, Earl of Douglas, Edinburgh, European Union, Fettes College, Gateshead, Green belt, Gretna Green, Heathrow Airport, Hexham (UK Parliament constituency), Hundred Years' War, Jacobite rising of 1745, Jesmond, Kirkcudbright, Listed building, London and North Eastern Railway, Longridge Towers School, Loretto School, Merchiston Castle School, Methodism, Mowden Hall School, Musselburgh, National Lottery (United Kingdom), Newcastle Airport, Newcastle High School for Girls, Newcastle railway station, Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom), North Sea, Northumberland, Northumberland County Council, Northumbria Police, Peel tower, Peter Beardsley, Ponteland High School, Ponteland Railway, ..., Ponteland railway station, Ponteland United F.C., Presbyterianism, Prisoner-of-war camp, Pub, Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, Rugby union, Secondary school, Steven Taylor (footballer), Stranraer, Terry McDermott, Treaty of Newcastle (1244), Tyne and Wear, Tyne and Wear Metro, Wesleyanism, World War II. Expand index (16 more) »

Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer, CBE, DL (born 13 August 1970) is an English retired footballer.

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Anglo-Normans

The Anglo-Normans were the medieval ruling class in England, composed mainly of a combination of ethnic Anglo-Saxons, Normans and French, following the Norman conquest.

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Anglo-Scottish border

The Anglo-Scottish border between England and Scotland runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west.

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Barnard Castle School

Barnard Castle School (colloquially Barney School or locally the County School) is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, in the North East of England.

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Bastle house

Bastel, bastle, or bastille houses are a type of construction found along the Anglo-Scottish border, in the areas formerly plagued by border Reivers.

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Battle of Otterburn

The Battle of Otterburn took place according to Scottish sources on 5 August 1388, or 19 August according to English sources, as part of the continuing border skirmishes between the Scots and English.

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sooth Berwick, Bearaig a Deas) is a town in the county of Northumberland.

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Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart (31 December 1720 – 31 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII and after 1766 the Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Commuter town

A commuter town is a town whose residents normally work elsewhere but in which they live, eat and sleep.

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Darras Hall

Darras Hall is an upland estate of Ponteland, occupying an outer part of the village centred northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Darras Hall railway station

Darras Hall railway station served the estate of Darras Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England from 1913 to 1954 on the Ponteland Railway.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway (Dumfries an Gallowa, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands.

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Earl of Douglas

This page is concerned with the holders of the forfeit title Earl of Douglas and the preceding feudal barons of Douglas, South Lanarkshire.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Fettes College

Fettes College is a private coeducational independent boarding and day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, with over two-thirds of its pupils in residence on campus.

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Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Green belt

A green belt or greenbelt is a policy and land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas.

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Gretna Green

Gretna Green is a village in the south of Scotland famous for runaway weddings.

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Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport (also known as London Heathrow) is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom.

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Hexham (UK Parliament constituency)

Hexham is a constituency in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Guy Opperman, a Conservative.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, over the right to rule the Kingdom of France.

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Jacobite rising of 1745

The Jacobite rising of 1745 or 'The '45' (Bliadhna Theàrlaich, "The Year of Charles") is the name commonly used for the attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for the House of Stuart.

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Jesmond

Jesmond is a residential suburb and is split into two electoral wards just north of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbright, (Cille Chuithbeirt) is a town and parish in Kirkcudbrightshire, of which it is traditionally the county town, within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.

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Longridge Towers School

Longridge Towers School is a non-selective co-educational independent day and boarding school near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, for children between the ages of three and eighteen.

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Loretto School

Loretto School, founded in 1827, is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 0 to 18.

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Merchiston Castle School

Merchiston Castle School is an independent school for boys in the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Mowden Hall School

Mowden Hall School is a co educational day and boarding preparatory school in Stocksfield, Northumberland, England approximately West of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Musselburgh

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National Lottery (United Kingdom)

The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom.

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Newcastle Airport

Newcastle International Airport is an international airport located near the main area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, about 6.5 miles (10.5km) north-west of the city centre.

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Newcastle High School for Girls

Newcastle High School for Girls is an independent day school for girls aged 3–18 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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Newcastle railway station

Newcastle railway station (also known as Newcastle Central Station) is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom, serving the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear.

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Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.

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North East England

North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)

The North Eastern Railway (NER) was an English railway company.

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North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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Northumberland

Northumberland (abbreviated Northd) is a county in North East England.

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Northumberland County Council

Northumberland County Council is a unitary authority in North East England.

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Northumbria Police

Northumbria Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the areas of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in North East England.

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Peel tower

Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger.

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Peter Beardsley

Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder between 1979 and 1999.

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Ponteland High School

Ponteland Community High School, previously Ponteland County High School, is a large secondary school in the village of Ponteland, Northumberland.

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Ponteland Railway

The Ponteland and Darras Hall Branch was an 11 km (6.8 mi) single-track branch railway line in Northumberland, England, that ran from South Gosforth via four intermediate stations to past a sub-line to.

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Ponteland railway station

Ponteland railway station served the parish of Ponteland, Northumberland, England from 1905 to 1967 on the Ponteland Railway.

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Ponteland United F.C.

Ponteland United Football Club is a football club based in Ponteland, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland, and Ireland.

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Prisoner-of-war camp

A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy combatants captured by a belligerent power in time of war.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, usually abbreviated as RGS, is a selective British independent school for pupils aged between 7 and 18 years.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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Steven Taylor (footballer)

Steven Vincent Taylor (born 23 January 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays for Peterborough United as a defender.

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Stranraer

Stranraer (An t-Sròn Reamhar) is a town in Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland.

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Terry McDermott

Terence McDermott (born 8 December 1951) is an English former football midfielder who was a member of the Liverpool team of the 1970s and early 1980s, in which he won three European Cups and five First Division titles.

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Treaty of Newcastle (1244)

The Treaty of Newcastle was a treaty signed between King Henry III of England and King Alexander II of Scotland on 14 August 1244.

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Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East region of England around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear.

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Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro, referred to locally as simply The Metro, is a rapid transit and light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland in the Tyne and Wear region.

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Wesleyanism

Wesleyanism, or Wesleyan theology, is a movement of Protestant Christians who seek to follow the "methods" or theology of the eighteenth-century evangelical reformers John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponteland

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