WALLSEND

wôlzˈĕndˌ, town (1991 pop. 44,542), North Tyneside metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River in the Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan area. Wallsend formerly had shipbuilding and engineering industries; today its economy centers around the manufacture of rope, glass, and computer chips. The town is the eastern terminus of Hadrian's Wall.

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books on: Wallsend  - 123 results

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Germany and the Transnational Building Blocks for Post-National Community
Book by Donald G. Phillips; Praeger Publishers, 2000
Subjects: Europe--Economic Integration, Germany--Economic Conditions--1990-, Germany--Economic Policy--1990-
...sector. This was not the case with Siemens and Wallsend. Indeed, Wallsend was the latest and most vulnerable part of Siemens...other companies or other geographical communities, Wallsend was more vulnerable still. In the previous section...
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The Evolution of British General Practice 1850-1948
Book by Anne Digby; Oxford University, 1999
Subjects: Family Medicine--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Family Medicine--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Medicine--Practice--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Medicine--Practice--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Physicians (General Practice)--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Physicians (General Practice)--Great Britain--History--20th Century
...public duties included membership of the Wallsend Licensing Committee; he was a member of both Wallsend and Northumberland Probation Committees...Maternity Hospital in Newcastle, and of the Wallsend Infirmary and Maternity Hospital. Dr Aitchinson...
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Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology
Book by Lance Day, Ian Mcneil; Routledge, 1998
Subjects: Inventions--History--Dictionaries, Inventors--Biography--Dictionaries, Technology--History--Dictionaries
...Northumberland, England d. 10 October 1843 Wallsend, Northumberland, England English colliery...first inspector and manager of the new Wallsend colliery. When his father died in 1806...Buddle assumed full responsibility at the Wallsend colliery, and he remained as inspector...
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Atlas of British Social and Economic History since C.1700
Book by Rex Pope; Routledge, 1990
...Eccles Maud 115 Backworth, Algernon Prosperous 116 Backworth Fenwick 117 Burradon 118 Callerton 119 Hazelrigg 120 Wallsend G 121 Wallsend Rising Sun 122 Weetslade 123 East Walbottle 124 Montagu Main 125 North Walbottle 126 Prestwick 127 Throckley...
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Roman Historical Sources and Institutions: Ed. by Henry A. Sanders
Book by Henry A. Sanders; Macmillan Company, 1904
Subjects: Horace--Carmen Saeculare--English & Latin, Rome--Army, Rome--History
...cui attendit . . . . name . . . . c enturio leg ionis II Aug ustae . . . . Found at Wallsend in Britain; legion encamped in Britain; cohort stationed at Wallsend. . . . . . coh ors VI Nerviorum . . . . name . . . . c enturio leg ionis XX V alerie...
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journal articles on: Wallsend  - 6 results

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The Diary of Thomas Giordani Wright: Apprentice Doctor in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1824-29
Journal article by Alastair Johnson; Medical History, Vol. 43, 1999
Subjects: T G Wright
...relationship with John Buddle, manager of Wallsend Colliery and joint owner of the Backworth...Newcastle, and Heaton, Byker, Walker and Wallsend, to the east. Some patients were able...or two of the mining villages in the Wallsend area, and those to the west, Benwell...
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Agent's Reputation, Accounting and Costing in Organisational Control Structures
Journal article by Tom McLean; The Accounting Historians Journal, Vol. 24, 1997
Subjects: Agents, Coal mining, Cost accounting, History, Management accounting, Organizational structure, Reputations, Studies, United Kingdom
...at only two collieries: at the mighty Wallsend Colliery and at the relatively minor...Moor Colliery ibid., p.59. Whereas Wallsend Colliery was owned by residents of the...at times inter-linked ownership of Wallsend with partnerships in other collieries...
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A Short History of Tontines
Journal article by Kent McKeever; Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law, Vol. 15, 2010
Subjects: History, Investment policy, Stockholders, United States
...Garden Theatre in London was based on a tontine. A tontine provided more than 65% of the money to build the parish church in Wallsend in the northeast of England. The original Richmond Bridge, the second Kew Bridge over the Thames and the Birmingham Library...
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Coalopolis to Steel City: Perceptions of Newcastle 1797-1859
Journal article by Nancy Cushing; Journal of Australian Studies, 1998
Subjects: New South Wales--Social aspects
...work was associated with Newcastle upon Tyne.(24) Surrounding settlements were named for the towns near old Newcastle: Wallsend, Morpeth, Jesmond, Hebburn, W(h)ickham and Gateshead, for example. The area to the east of the town was given the...
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"Having Lived Close beside Them All the Time:" (1) Negotiating National Identities through Personal Networks
Journal article by Laura Tabili; Journal of Social History, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: National identity--History, Social networks--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Social networks--History
...relationships evidently developed out of more public ones: Frederick George Henderson, former chief chemist of the Walker and Wallsend Gas Company, reported that George Edwin Anderson "held a responsible position as my chief assistant, and was solely in charge...
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magazine articles on: Wallsend  - 14 results

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Hadrian's Wallsend
Magazine article by Russell Chamberlin; History Today, Vol. 50, August 2000
Subjects: Archaeological expeditions--England, Architecture, Roman--England, Segedunum, England--Discovery, exploration, etc.
Hadrians Wallsend by Russell Chamberlin RECENT EXCAVATIONS...dug. In the late nineteenth century Wallsend, as the area was now known, earned...at Hadrians Wall. On the face of it Wallsend is not the most obvious place for a multi...
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Humphry Davy and the Murder Lamp: Max Adams Investigates the Truth Behind the Introduction of a Key Invention of the Early Industrial Revolution
Magazine article by Max Adams; History Today, Vol. 55, August 2005
Subjects: Coal mining--History, Coal mining--Innovations, Coal mining--Safety and security measures, Davy, Humphry--Innovations, Methane--Safety and security measures, Mine accidents--Causes of, Safety lamps--History, Safety lamps--Laws, regulations and rules, Safety lamps--Safety and security measures
...Nicholas of Russia, on being invited to descend the pit at Wallsend in 1816, shrank back from the edge of the shaft crying, My...designed his own. He had it tested at Willington colliery near Wallsend, where a group of pitmen signed an affidavit to the effect...
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Tom Mcconville's "hadrian's Walls"
Magazine article by Chris Mosey; Strings, Vol. 14, May/Jun 2000
Subjects: Composers, Folk music, History, McConville, Tom
...Cumbria, Englands two most northerly counties, stretching from Wallsend-on-Tyne in the east all the way to Bowness-on-Solway...in the industrial city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of which Wallsend is today just a suburb. As a boy, he and his friends played...
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Wwii's Greatest Unsolved Mystery: Why Was There Not a Single Survivor from the Doomed Cruiser Hmas Sydney?
Magazine article by Kit Bonner; Sea Classics, Vol. 41, May 2008
...On 8 July 1933, the light cruiser, HMS Amphion had its keel laid at Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited located at Wallsend-on-Tyne, Great Britain. In less than a year, the ship was purchased outright by the Australian government and renamed...
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Round & About: August 2009
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 59, August 2009
Subjects: Art exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions
...View of an Emperor: Hadrians Marble Portrait August 14th-October 4th Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths Museum, Buddle Street Wallsend NE28 6HR Telephone: 0191 236 9347 www.twmuseums.org.uk A chance to view the marble bust of Hadrian from his villa in...
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newspaper articles on: Wallsend  - 10568 results

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Rugby Union: Visitors Turn Up Heat, but Lose; Today's Rugby BILLINGHAM 25, WALLSEND 10
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), December 15, 2007
...Lose; Todays Rugby BILLINGHAM 25, WALLSEND 10. Byline: By PETER GRIFFITHS TOP dogs Billingham defeated Wallsend this afternoon although the visitors...floodlights switched on from the start Wallsend kicked off towards the Billingham team...
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Town with History and Future; Keeping an Eye on the Property Market Where You Are ...: WALLSEND Has Grown from Its Roman Roots into a Thriving Community That's Well Placed for City and Coast. KAREN WILSON Finds out More
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), March 2, 2010
...Property Market Where You Are ...: WALLSEND Has Grown from Its Roman Roots into a...and shipbuilding heritage, but today Wallsend is a town thats embracing change with...is a fascinating one. The very name Wallsend highlights its beginnings - the eastern...
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Famous Area Is Set to Be Transformed; Keeping an Eye on the Property Market Where You Are. WALLSEND Has Seen a Lot of Regeneration in Recent Years, and There's More to Come. the Thriving Community Is Well-Placed for City and Coast, Offering Excellent Value for Money. KAREN WILSON Finds out More
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), September 14, 2010
Subjects: Real estate industry
...on the Property Market Where You Are. WALLSEND Has Seen a Lot of Regeneration in Recent...and shipbuilding heritage, but today Wallsend is a town thats embracing change, with...no longer affordable. The very name Wallsend highlights its beginnings - the eastern...
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Toast to Memories of Tyneside Bars; NEW BOOK CHRONICLES HISTORY OF WALLSEND PUBS
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), May 5, 2010
Subjects: Books
...Bars; NEW BOOK CHRONICLES HISTORY OF WALLSEND PUBS. Byline: TONY HENDERSON A PUB named after the famous Wallsend-built liner Mauretania hSTUNNED...memories for Steve Boundey . It was at the Wallsend pub that Steve and his friends sank...
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Changes Are Catastrophe for Wallsend; Views of the North
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 22, 2011
Changes Are Catastrophe for Wallsend; Views of the North. IN our view...be a catastrophe for the people of Wallsend. In seeking to address issues in...the proposals would result in the Wallsend community being split into no less...
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encyclopedia articles on: Wallsend  - 3 results

 
 
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Wallsend
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WALLSEND wolz end , town (1991 pop. 44,542), North Tyneside metropolitan district...England, on the Tyne River in the Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan area. Wallsend formerly had shipbuilding and engineering industries; today its economy...
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Hadrian's Wall
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...HADRIANS WALL ancient Roman wall, 73.5 mi (118.3 km) long, across the narrow part of the island of Great Britain from Wallsend on the Tyne River to Bowness at the head of Solway Firth. It was mainly built from c.a.d. 122 to 126 under Emperor Hadrian...
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Tyne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...navigable to Newcastle upon Tyne, its chief port, at the turn of the 20th cent. South Shields, Gateshead, Jarrow, and Wallsend are important ports on the river. Three bridges cross the Tyne at Newcastle upon Tyne; the Tyne Tunnel (opened 1967) connects...


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