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Corbridge

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Corbridge is a village in Northumberland, England, west of Newcastle and east of Hexham. [1]

54 relations: A1 road (Great Britain), A69 road, A695 road, Abellio ScotRail, Acomb, Northumberland, Alan Brown (English footballer), Alan Pardew, Andrew the Apostle, Aydon, Bailiff, Blackadder, Bypass (road), Cargo, Carlisle, Cumbria, Catherine Cookson, Church of England parish church, Corbridge Bridge, Corbridge Hoard, Corbridge Lion, Corbridge railway station, Corbridge Vicar's Pele, Cumbria, Dere Street, Duke of Northumberland, Fortification, Halton, Northumberland, Hexham, Hexham (UK Parliament constituency), Hexham Abbey, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, John Blackburn (author), Lychgate, Methodism, Mr. Bean, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norman architecture, Northern (train operating company), Northumberland, Peel tower, River Tyne, Roman Britain, Roman Empire, Rowan Atkinson, Rudyard Kipling, Ruth Ainsworth, Sandhoe, Stanegate, Steve Bruce, Tyne Valley line, ..., Vindolanda, Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, Wilfrid, World War I. Expand index (4 more) »

A1 road (Great Britain)

The A1 is the longest numbered road in the UK, at.

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A69 road

The A69 is a major northern trunk road in England, running east-west across the Pennines, through the counties of Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Cumbria.

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A695 road

A695 road is a road in Northern England linking Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, with Hexham, Northumberland.

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Abellio ScotRail

Abellio ScotRail, (Rèile na h-Alba), operating services under the name ScotRail, is the national train operating company of Scotland.

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Acomb, Northumberland

Acomb is a village in the south of Northumberland, England.

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Alan Brown (English footballer)

Alan Winston Brown (26 August 1914 – 8 March 1996) was a professional footballer and manager, who played for Huddersfield Town, Burnley and Notts County.

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Alan Pardew

Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

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Andrew the Apostle

Andrew the Apostle (Ἀνδρέας; ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ, Andreas; from the early 1st century BC – mid to late 1st century AD), also known as Saint Andrew and referred to in the Orthodox tradition as the First-Called (Πρωτόκλητος, Prōtoklētos), was a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter.

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Aydon

Aydon is a village in Northumberland, England.

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Bailiff

A bailiff (from Middle English baillif, Old French baillis, bail "custody, charge, office"; cf. bail, based on the adjectival form, baiulivus, of Latin bajulus, carrier, manager) is a manager, overseer or custodian; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given.

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Blackadder

Blackadder is a series of four BBC1 pseudohistorical British sitcoms, plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired in the 1980s.

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Bypass (road)

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety.

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Cargo

In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.

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Carlisle, Cumbria

Carlisle (or from Cumbric: Caer Luel Cathair Luail) is the county town of Cumbria.

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Catherine Cookson

Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE (née McMullen; 27 June 1906 – 11 June 1998) was an English author.

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Church of England parish church

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, the parish – since the 19th century called the ecclesiastical parish (outside meetings of the church) to avoid confusion with the civil parish which many towns and villages have.

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Corbridge Bridge

Corbridge Bridge is a 17th-century stone bridge across the River Tyne at Corbridge, Northumberland, England.

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Corbridge Hoard

The Corbridge Hoard is a hoard of mostly iron artefacts that was excavated in 1964 within the Roman site of Coria, next to what is now Corbridge, Northumberland, England (not to be confused with a hoard of gold coins found nearby in 1911).

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Corbridge Lion

The Corbridge Lion, Northumberland, England, is an ancient Roman free-standing sandstone sculpture of a male lion standing on a prone animal (possibly a deer) on a semi-cylindrical coping stone base.

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Corbridge railway station

Corbridge railway station serves the town of Corbridge in Northumberland, England.

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Corbridge Vicar's Pele

Corbridge Vicar's Pele is a pele tower in the village of Corbridge, Northumberland, England.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Dere Street

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Duke of Northumberland

Duke of Northumberland is a noble title that has been created three times in English and British history, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain.

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Fortification

A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.

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Halton, Northumberland

Halton is a village in the southern part of Northumberland, England.

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Hexham

Hexham is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the River Tyne, and was the administrative centre for the Tynedale district from 1974 to 2009.

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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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Hexham Abbey

Hexham Abbey is a leading historical attraction and place of Christian worship dedicated to St Andrew located in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in northeast England.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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John Blackburn (author)

John Fenwick Blackburn (born Northumberland, 26 June 1923; died 1993) was a British novelist who wrote thrillers, and horror novels.

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Lychgate

A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English lic, corpse) is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard.

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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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Mr. Bean

Mr.

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Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway (N&CR) was an English railway company formed in 1825 that built a line from Newcastle upon Tyne on Britain's east coast, to Carlisle, on the west coast.

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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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Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Northern (train operating company)

Northern, the trading name of Arriva Rail North, is a train operating company in Northern England.

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Northumberland

Northumberland (abbreviated Northd) is a county 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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River Tyne

The River Tyne is a river in North East England and its length (excluding tributaries) is.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain (Britannia or, later, Britanniae, "the Britains") was the area of the island of Great Britain that was governed by the Roman Empire, from 43 to 410 AD.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean.

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)The Times, (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12 was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.

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Ruth Ainsworth

Ruth Gallard Ainsworth (16 October 1908 – 16 May 1984) was a British writer, of over seventy children's books and numerous radio scripts.

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Sandhoe

Sandhoe is a hamlet in Northumberland, England.

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Stanegate

The Stanegate, or "stone road" (Old Norse), was an important Roman road built in what is now northern England.

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Steve Bruce

Stephen Roger Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently manager of Aston Villa.

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Tyne Valley line

The Tyne Valley line, built by the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, is a railway line in northern England.

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Vindolanda

VindolandaBritish windo- 'fair, white, blessed', landa 'enclosure/meadow/prairie/grassy plain' (the modern Welsh word would be something like gwynlan, and the modern Gaelic word fionnlann). was a Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors.

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Wilfrid

Wilfrid (c. 633 – c. 709) was an English bishop and saint.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

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

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