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River Derwent, North East England
The River Derwent is a river which flows between the historic county boundaries of County of Durham, Durham and Northumberland in the north east of England. It broadens into the Derwent Reservoir (North East England), Derwent Reservoir, west of Consett. The Derwent is a tributary of the River Tyne, which it joins at Derwenthaugh near Gateshead. The river flows for 35 miles from its origin, where two streams, Beldon Burn and Nookton Burn meet approximately a mile west of Blanchland, to Derwenthaugh where it flows into the River Tyne (the confluence is between Blaydon and the MetroCentre (shopping centre), MetroCentre complex). On its journey, the River Derwent flows through places such as Allensford, Shotley Bridge, Blackhall Mill and Rowlands Gill. The Derwent Park (Rowlands Gill), Derwent Walk Country Park at Rowlands Gill is named after the river. The name Derwent comes from the Brythonic languages, Brythonic/Welsh language, Early Welsh word for oak ''derw'' and valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allensford
Allensford is a small country park and hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is on the River Derwent, North East England, River Derwent, about 2 miles SW of Consett, and 1 mile north of Castleside. Allensford was first recorded as ''Aleynforth'' in Thomas Hatfield, Bishop Hatfield's survey of c. 1382. The placename is sometimes listed as ''Allansford''; "At Allansford...is a bridge over the Derwent into Northumberland, surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery on that stream; there are a few cottages on each side of the river". It is uncertain when a bridge replaced the ford. However, a bridge was in existence in the late 17th century when the structure was in a "very ruinous and in greate decay” according to the Northumberland Quarter Sessions for 1687–1697. The modern bridge carries the A68 road (Great Britain), A68 between Darlington and Edinburgh over the River Derwent. Allensford Mill farmhouse was originally called the Belsay Castle Inn, named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MetroCentre (shopping Centre)
Metrocentre (previously styled as MetroCentre) is a shopping centre and entertainment complex in the Dunston, Tyne and Wear, Dunston area of Gateshead. It is located on the former site of Dunston Power Station, near to the River Tyne. Metrocentre opened in stages, with the first phase opening on 28 April 1986, and the official opening being held on 14 October that year. It has 210 shops, 63 restaurants, an Odeon cinema, a Clip n’ Climb, a bowling alley, a Namco Funscape, The Escapologist and Treetop Golf, occupying over of retail floor space, making it List of shopping centres in the United Kingdom by size, one of the largest shopping centres in the UK. Additional retail space can be found in the adjoining Metro Retail Park and MetrOasis. History Metrocentre's construction was financed by the Church Commissioners, Church Commissioners of England, and was masterminded by John Hall (English businessman), Sir John Hall's company, Cameron Hall Developments. The ground upon whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Northumberland
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sediment or alluvium carried by rivers shapes the landscape ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of County Durham
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the Runoff (hydrology), runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their Bank (geography), banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sedime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibside
Gibside is an estate in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is located in the valley of the River Derwent, North East England, River Derwent on the border with County Durham, between Rowlands Gill and Burnopfield. The estate is the surviving part of a Georgian Landscape architecture, landscaped park, primarily created under the ownership of Sir George Bowes (MP for County Durham), George Bowes (1701–1760) and designed in large part by Stephen Switzer and William Joyce. The park contains structures designed by James Paine (architect), James Paine, including a Palladian architecture, Palladian chapel; Daniel Garrett, including Banqueting House, Gibside, a banqueting house; and William Newton (architect, 1735–1790), William Newton, but several are now ruined shells or have been demolished. Gibside Hall, the house at the centre of the estate, dates in part from the seventeenth century but is also a shell. Gibside descended by marriage from the mid-thirteenth century, and passe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carr (writer, Born 1722)
John Carr (1722–1807) was a County Durham born schoolmaster and writer. Cuthbert Sharp, in his " The Bishoprick Garland” of 1834 and many other sources give the dates as 1732-1807 and age 75 at the time of his death Early life John Carr LL.D. was born in Muggleswick, County Durham in 1722 (or 1732 - see above). He was the son of a local farmer and was educated firstly at the village school and privately by the local curate Rev Daniel Watson, then later at St Paul’s School where he remained longer than most as his parents could not afford a place at University. He became a master at Hertford Grammar School and eventually received a degree of LL.D. from Marischal College, Aberdeen Later life He died on 6 June 1807 after an illness lasting almost a year and was buried in St. John’s church, Hertford. On the headstone is an epitaph in Latin, written by himself. Family His father and mother were William and Ann Carr. He had a younger brother Joseph, who became the Rev. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muggleswick
Muggleswick is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the west of Consett. the population was 130 at the 2001 Census reducing to 113 at the 2011 Census. Geography A significant area of the south and west of the village is taken up by Muggleswick Common, an area of upland moorland used for grouse rearing (and associated game (food) shooting) and sheep grazing. This area consists predominantly of Calluna, heather with encroaching bracken. The Common is part of the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), designated as such by Natural England for its habitat diversity and the presence of a range of plant and bird species of national and international importance. To the east, the village is bordered by the Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine SSSI. This area has been classified as such due to the range of plant species and areas that have remai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). It is spoken by smaller numbers of people in Canada and the United States descended from Welsh immigrants, within their households (especially in Nova Scotia). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are ''de jure'' official languages of the Senedd (the Welsh parliament), with Welsh being the only ''de jure'' official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being merely ''de facto'' official. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 538,300 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brythonic Languages
The Brittonic languages (also Brythonic or British Celtic; ; ; and ) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages; the other is Goidelic. It comprises the extant languages Breton, Cornish, and Welsh. The name ''Brythonic'' was derived by Welsh Celticist John Rhys from the Welsh word , meaning Ancient Britons as opposed to an Anglo-Saxon or Gael. The Brittonic languages derive from the Common Brittonic language, spoken throughout Great Britain during the Iron Age and Roman period. In the 5th and 6th centuries emigrating Britons also took Brittonic speech to the continent, most significantly in Brittany and Britonia. During the next few centuries, in much of Britain the language was replaced by Old English and Scottish Gaelic, with the remaining Common Brittonic language splitting into regional dialects, eventually evolving into Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Cumbric, and probably Pictish. Welsh and Breton continue to be spoken as native languages, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derwent Park (Rowlands Gill)
Derwent Park is situated in Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, England. The park is often incorrectly called Rowlands Gill Park as a result. The park has a caravan site and has many play areas for children. Fishing on the River Derwent, which runs through the park, is priced at £2.50 per permit. The fish include brown trout, grayling and Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Hucho taimen, Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlan .... Parks and open spaces in Tyne and Wear {{TyneandWear-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowlands Gill
Rowlands Gill is a village on the north bank of the River Derwent, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The Gibside Estate is near the town. History With the coming of the Derwent Valley Railway in 1867, Rowlands Gill became a coal mining village and was under Blaydon Urban District, in County Durham, until it was incorporated into the County of Tyne and Wear and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974. Governance In local government Rowlands Gill is located mainly within the ward of Chopwell and Rowlands Gill. It is served by three councillors, all of whom are Labour councillors, except for the north end at Lockhaugh, which falls within the ward of Winlaton and High Spen, and is served by two Liberal Democrat councillors. Gateshead Council is Labour-controlled. Rowlands Gill is in the parliamentary constituency of Blaydon and Consett. The MP is Labour's Liz Twist. Geography Rowlands Gill is situated within Gateshead's Greenbelt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackhall Mill
Blackhall may refer to: Places * Two adjoining villages in County Durham, England: **Blackhall Colliery ** Blackhall Rocks * Blackhall, Edinburgh, Scotland * Blackhall Road, Oxford, England * Blackhall townland, near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland * Blackhall, a neighbourhood of Paisley, Renfrewshire Paisley ( ; ; ) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Located north of the Gleniffer Braes, the town borders the city of Glasgow to the east, and straddles the banks of the White Cart Water, a tributary of the River ..., Scotland People * Barony of Blackhall, Scottish feudal barony which originally covered the area of Renfrewshire and a part of Ayrshire * David Scott Blackhall (1910–1981), English radio personality, author, and poet * Gilbert Blackhall (died 1671), Scottish Catholic missionary priest * Mark Blackhall (born 1960), English former footballer * Sheena Blackhall (born 1947), Scottish writer, illustrator, and singer Other * Blackha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
