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Ellington, Northumberland
Ellington is a small village in the civil parish of Ellington and Linton, on the coast of Northumberland, England. Ellington is from Ashington, from Morpeth and north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Ellington was the site of the last remaining operational deep coal mine in North East England. Ellington Colliery closed on 26 January 2005. It was the last deep mine in the UK to extract coal from under the sea. The name of the village is thought to derive from the Saxon meaning descendants of Ella. Today, Ellington is made up almost exclusively of private housing. It has one school, village shops, and one public house, the Plough Inn. History Throughout recorded history, the lands of Ellington have had many owners. The manor of Ellington was thought to belong to Adam de Periton in 1240 and later to pass by marriage to the ancient families of Vescy and Welles. The Widdrington family were known to acquire possessions in Ellington as early as the 13th century. In 1715, Lord Widdrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellington And Linton
Ellington may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Ellington, Cambridgeshire *Ellington, Northumberland * Ellington High and Low, a civil parish in North Yorkshire ** High Ellington ** Low Ellington United States * Ellington Airport (Texas), Houston, Texas *Ellington, Connecticut *Ellington Township, Adams County, Illinois * Ellington Township, Hancock County, Iowa *Ellington, Missouri * Ellington, New York * Ellington Township, Michigan * Ellington Township, Dodge County, Minnesota * Ellington, Wisconsin People Given name * Ellington Ratliff, American drummer and actor *Ellington Feint, a character from Lemony Snicket's '' All the Wrong Questions'' Surname *Brian Ellington (born 1990), American baseball player * Buford Ellington (1907–1972), Governor of Tennessee from 1959 to 1963 * Christina Ellington (born 1982), Miss New York of 2004 * Douglas Ellington (1886–1960), American architect * Duke Ellington (1899–1974), American composer, pianist and bandleader *Edw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhorn
Woodhorn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newbiggin by the Sea, in Northumberland, England, about east of Ashington. In 1931 the parish had a population of 219. The village is sometimes identified with Wucestre, given to St Cuthbert by King Ceolwulf when he gave up his throne in 737 to become a monk at Lindisfarne. A medieval bell at Woodhorn, inscribed "Ave Maria", is said to be one of the oldest in existence. Governance On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Newbiggin by the Sea and Ashington parishes. Economy The main employment was at the coal mine. The mine has since closed and the site has been landscaped incorporating a lake and known as Queen Elizabeth II Country Park. Some of the mine buildings have been retained and are used as a visitor centre. Landmarks Woodhorn Colliery Museum is situated in a country park with a lake. With sound effects, models, paintings, working machinery etc., the museum gives an insi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Elliot
''Billy Elliot'' is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet. His father objects, based on negative stereotypes of male ballet dancers. The film stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, Gary Lewis as his father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older brother, and Julie Walters as his ballet teacher. Adapted from a play called ''Dancer'' by Lee Hall, development on the film began in 1999. Around 2,000 boys were considered for the role of Billy before Bell was chosen for the role. Filming began in the North of England in August 1999. Greg Brenman and Jon Finn served as producers, while Stephen Warbeck composed the film's score. ''Billy Elliot'' is a co-production among BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Pictures and Working Title Films. The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Daldry
Stephen David Daldry CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Olivier Awards for his work in the West End and three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway. He has received three Academy Awards nominations for Best Director, for films '' Billy Elliot'' (2000), '' The Hours'' (2002), and ''The Reader'' (2008). From 2016 to 2020, he produced and directed the Netflix television series ''The Crown'', for which he received one Producers Guild Award nomination, one Producers Guild Award win, two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and one Primetime Emmy Award win for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series. Daldry joined an elite group of directors by receiving nominations for direction in theatre, television, and film. Early years Daldry was born in Dorset, the son of singer Cherry (née Thompson) and bank manager Patrick Daldry. The family moved to Taunton, Somerset, where his fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynemouth
Lynemouth is a village in Northumberland, England, northeast of Ashington, close to the village of Ellington to the north west. It was built close to coal mines, including Lynemouth Colliery. Lynemouth and the surrounding industrial area featured in the 1985 docudrama ''Seacoal'' about the seacoalers who made a living from collecting waste coal from the beach. A series of photographs in the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award–winning book ''In Flagrante'' (1988) by Chris Killip shows the work and life of the seacoalers; more were published in 2011 in the book ''Seacoal''.Chris Killip, ''Seacoal'' (Göttingen: Steidl, 2011; ). To the south of the village is the former Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter, now closed, and Lynemouth Power Station. Governance Lynemouth electoral ward stretches north along the coast to Craster, with a population at the 2011 Census of 4,842. Freedom of the Parish The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Co-operative Group
Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses including food retail, wholesale, e-pharmacy, insurance and legal services, and funeral care. The Co-operative Group has over 65,000 employees across the UK. The group has its headquarters in One Angel Square in Manchester. The Group also manages the Co-operative Federal Trading Services, formerly the Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), which sources and promotes goods for food stores of the co-operative movements of the UK. It introduced the Co-operative brand in 2007, which is used by many consumers' co-operatives in the UK and managed by the group. History Beginnings (1844–1938) The Co-operative Group has developed over the years from the merger of co-operative wholesale societies and many independent retail societies. The Group's roots are traced back to the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, established in 1844. The Rochdale Society of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pit Pony
A pit pony, otherwise known as a mining horse, was a horse, pony or mule commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century. The term "pony" was sometimes broadly applied to any equine working underground.English Pit PoniesThe Colliery Engineer Vol. VIII, No. 1 (August 1887); pages 6-7. History The first known recorded use of ponies underground in Great Britain was in the Durham coalfield in 1750. Following the drowning deaths of 26 children when the Huskar Colliery in Silkstone flooded on 4 July 1838, "A report was published in ''The Times'', and the wider British public learned for the first time that women and children worked in the mines. There was a public outcry, led by politician and reformer Anthony Ashley Cooper, later Lord Shaftesbury," who then introduced the Mines and Collieries Act 1842 to Parliament which barred women, girls and boys under 10 (later amended to 13) from working underground, leading to the widespread use of horses and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Houses
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was used to differentiate private houses from those which were, quite literally, open to the public as "alehouses", "taverns" and "inns". By Georgian times, the term had become common parlance, although taverns, as a distinct establishment, had largely ceased to exist by the beginning of the 19th century. Today, there is no strict definition, but CAMRA states a pub has four characteristics:GLA Economics, Closing time: London's public houses, 2017 # is open to the public without membership or residency # serves draught beer or cider without requiring food be consumed # has at least one indoor area not laid out for meals # allows drinks to be bought at a bar (i.e., not only table service) The history of pubs can be traced to Roman taverns in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a quaint seaside town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located on the North Sea coast. The town owes its proud heritage to having once flourished as an important trade route for shipping grain trade, grain from its port, as well as the coal produced from its Coal mining, mine. Ensuring that traditions are inherited through the generations, the original coal mine was converted into the Woodhorn (museum), Woodhorn Museum and heritage centre, which celebrates local art and historic relics. The architecture found in and around Ashington, Ashington's seafront town is reminiscent of the past, paying homage to its original cottages, seeing them renovated into semi-modern Bed and breakfast, B&Bs along the bay. Home to Sean Henry (artist), Sean Henry's infamouCouple Sculpturedepicting a man and woman standing on a steel structure, staring out over the horizon, the bay is also well known for itidyllic beachas a tourist attraction. Name Newbiggin deriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cresswell, Northumberland
Cresswell is a village in Northumberland, England. It is about to the north of Ashington, on the North Sea coast. History The place-name 'Cresswell' is first attested in the Close Roll for 1234, where it appears as ''Kereswell''. It appears as ''Cressewell'' in 1242 in the Book of Fees. The name means 'stream where water cress grew'. Between 1875 and 1944, Cresswell village had a lifeboat. The lifeboat crews were successful in saving 91 lives, and the lifeboat station still stands. During the Second World War, the Royal Air Force operated two Cresswell radar station, radar sites south of the village on the road to Lynemouth. Both sites have since been cleared and have no above ground evidence of previous activity. Cresswell is a popular bird watching area with Cresswell pond and bird hide nearby and the Druridge Bay Country Park less than away. The village has one ice cream shop which closes out of season, and a café on the beach just to the north of the village, open year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widdrington (name)
Widdrington is a surname, and may refer to: * The various barons Widdrington, including: ** William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington (1610 – 1651) ** His great-grandson William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington (1678 – 1743) ** The 1st Baron's relative Sir Thomas Widdrington, and Thomas's brother Ralph * Tommy Widdrington (born 1971), English-born footballer who played for Southampton and Port Vale ** His son Kai Widdrington (born 1995), dancer ** His son Theo Widdrington (born 1999), footballer * Samuel Edward Cook Samuel Edward Cook (178711 January 1856) was an English writer. Life In 1840, he took the name of Widdrington, his mother being the heiress of some of the estates of that family. Having served in the Royal Navy he lived for some years in Spain, ... (writer), took the name of Widdrington, his mother being the heiress of some of the estates of this family Pseudonyms * Thomas Preston (Benedictine monk), adopted the pen-name of Roger Widdrington Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland County Council
Northumberland County Council is a unitary authority in North East England. The population of the non-metropolitan unitary authority at the 2011 census was 316,028. History It was formed in 1889 as the council for the administrative county of Northumberland. The city of Newcastle upon Tyne was a county borough independent from the county council, although the county council had its meeting place at Moot Hall in the city. Tynemouth subsequently also became a county borough in 1904, removing it from the administrative county. The county was further reformed in 1974, becoming a non-metropolitan county and ceding further territory around the Newcastle conurbation to the new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. As part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England it became a unitary authority with the same boundaries, this disregarded the referendum held in 2005 in which the population voted against the forming of a unitary authority. Its elections have been i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
