Bedlington is a town in Northumberland, to the north of the Tyne and Wear urban area.

It is famous for giving its name to a breed of dog-the Bedlington Terrier.

The place-name ' Bedlington ' is first attested c. 1050 in a biography of Saint Cuthbert, where it appears as ' Bedlingtun '.

It is reputed that the church takes its dedication from an event that occurred December 12, 1069: fleeing northwards from the Conqueror's army, the monks of Durham are said to have rested the body of St Cuthbert in Bedlington Church.

The studio is in Bedlington with the proposed transmitter at Pegswood near Morpeth.

This road is the old corn trading road which runs from Hexham in south west Northumberland through Cramlington, Bedlington, Guide Post, Ashington and Ellington.

Bedlingtonshire is an area in north east England, consisting solely of the parish of Bedlington.

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The A193 is the main road through Blyth and leads to Bedlington to the west and North Tyneside to the south.

The Bedlington Terrier is a breed of terrier named after the mining town of Bedlington, Northumberland in North East England.

Calmer and less boisterous than many other terriers, the Bedlington Terrier is a dog with a good nature and mild manners.

Incredibly smart and attentive to its owner, the Bedlington is one of the most reliable terriers.

Bedlington Terriers often appear on lists of dogs that do not shed ( moult ), but this is slightly misleading.

It is suggested that the Bedlington may well have made its way to Ireland and played a part in the early development of the Kerry Blue Terrier.

Median longevity of Bedlington Terriers, based on two recent UK surveys, is about 13. 5 years, which is longer than for purebred dogs in general and longer than most breeds similar in size.

Genetic testing is now available, and the disease has been largely eradicated from the Bedlington population in the United States.

It is essential that anyone interested in purchasing a Bedlington is provided with proof of the dogs ' unaffected status.

The B & T line to Bedlington lost its passenger trains in April 1950 ( although occasional summer services between Scotland and the North Eastern coastal resorts continued operating over it until the 1960s ), but it remains in use for freight and may have its passenger trains restored in the future ( as an extension of the current local stopping service )-the South East Northumberland Rail User Group is currently campaigning for this.

A seat containing former mining towns and villages like Bedlington and Ashington, this is safely Labour with the Liberal Democrats being the main challengers.

On 9 February 1953, Bedlington Grammar School pupil Charlton was spotted playing for East Northumberland schools by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong.

The rails used for the new line were wrought-iron ones, produced by John Birkinshaw at the Bedlington Ironworks.

He also made improvements to the track to overcome the problems with settling of the stone blocks on which they were laid and used T-section malleable iron in fifteen foot lengths, for the rails, pioneered by John Birkinshaw at Bedlington Ironworks in 1820.

Bedlington and the hamlets belonging to it were bought by Cutheard, bishop of Durham, between 900 and 915, and although locally situated in the county of Northumberland became part of the county palatine ( from Lat.

Bedlington has reached news as far as the United States with a recent investment by the worlds 488th richest man choosing to invest in Bedlington Terriers Football Club after tracing his family roots to the town.

The famed progenitor of Bedlington was a dog named " Old Flint ", whelped in 1782 and owned by " Squire Trevelyan.

The Bedlington Terrier was recognized by the United Kennel Club in 1948.

Bedlington Terriers historically had an unusually high incidence of copper toxicosis, an inherited autosomal recessive disease, characterized by accumulation of excess copper in the liver.

When Bedlington town council was merged with Ashington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to form the district of Wansbeck, the partnership was continued by the new district council.

Arend ( eagle ) was one of the two first steam locomotives in the Netherlands, built by R. B. Longridge and Company of Bedlington, Northumberland in 1839.

The parish of Bedlington constituted the historic exclave of County Durham called Bedlingtonshire.

First School within Morpeth before moving on to St. Benet Biscop Catholic High School in the nearby town of Bedlington.

George and Robert, with Edward Pease and Michael Longridge ( owner of Bedlington Ironworks ) together established a company at Newcastle-on-Tyne, to manufacture locomotives, which became Robert Stephenson and Company.

The River lent its name to the former Wansbeck district which was based in Ashington, and included Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Bedlington and Stakeford.

A fourth partner was Michael Longridge of Bedlington Ironworks.

By making them in longer lengths, a reduction was effected in the number of joints, always the weakest part of the line ; and another advance consisted in the substitution of wrought iron for cast iron, though that material did not gain wide adoption until after the patent for an improved method of rolling rails granted in 1820 to John Birkinshaw, of the Bedlington Ironworks, Northumberland.

Bedlington was an industrial town with an iron works and several coal mines.

When these rights were taken from Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, in 1536, Bedlington among his other property lost its special privileges, but was confirmed to him in 1541 with the other property of his predecessors.

Together with the other lands of the see of Durham, Bedlington was made over to the ecclesiastical commissioners in 1866.

The community-run Bedlington Website Bedlington. co. uk was started in 1998.

The first Bedlington Terrier club was formed in 1877.

During the reign of Edward I ( 1272 – 1307 ), the county of Northumberland was the district between the Tees and the Tweed, and had within it several scattered liberties subject to other powers: Durham, Sadberge, Bedlington, and Norham belonging to the bishop of Durham ; Hexham belonging to the archbishop of York ; Tynedale belonging to the king of Scotland ; Emildon belonging to the earl of Lancaster ; and Redesdale to Gilbert de Umfraville, earl of Angus.

Gooch was born in Bedlington, Northumberland, the son of John Gooch, an ironfounder, and his wife Anna Longridge.

Jayne Middlemiss was born and grew up in the town of Bedlington in Northumberland.

A poll on the team's forum asked readers to identify the team's biggest rivals, and the voting was nearly evenly split between the Blyth Spartans and the Bedlington Terriers.