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He is referring to the twinned monasteries of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow, near modern-day Newcastle, claimed as his birthplace, there is also a tradition that he was born at Monkton, two miles from the monastery at Jarrow.
Charlton was related to several professional footballers on his mother's side of the family: his uncles were Jack Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ), George Milburn ( Leeds United and Chesterfield ), Jim Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ) and Stan Milburn ( Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale ), and legendary Newcastle United and England footballer Jackie Milburn, was his mother's cousin.
The news about Davy's lamp was made public at a Royal Society meeting in Newcastle on 3 November 1815, and the paper describing the lamp was formally presented on 9 November.
During this time, England played at a number of different venues across the country, though by the time of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers this had largely settled down to having Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium as the primary venue, with Newcastle United's St. James ' Park used on occasions where Old Trafford was unavailable.
George Stephenson was born in Wylam, Northumberland, west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
In September 1825 the works at Forth Street, Newcastle completed the first locomotive for the new railway: originally named Active, it was soon renamed Locomotion.
Nielson, captain ) was carrying a cargo of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco when it wrecked on Jarvis ' southern shore.
George was a pioneer aviator who with his colleague Jobling built and flew a biplane at Newcastle in England in 1910.
He was made a midshipman on the wooden, steam, fully rigged frigate HMS Newcastle in September 1874.
In January 1997 Dalglish was appointed manager of Premier League side Newcastle United on a three-and-a-half-year contract, taking over from Kevin Keegan.
The 1997 – 98 campaign saw Newcastle finish in only 13th place and, despite Dalglish achieving some notable successes during the season ( including a 3 – 2 UEFA Champions League win over Barcelona and an FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal ), he was sacked by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998 – 1999 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit.
Lincoln was named after Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, 9th Earl of Lincoln – a cousin of the Wentworth governors.
Palin's first travel documentary was part of the 1980 BBC Television series Great Railway Journeys of the World, in which, humorously reminiscing about his childhood hobby of train spotting, he travelled throughout the UK by train, from London to the Kyle of Lochalsh, via Manchester, York, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh and Inverness.
The first international academic conference on the subject of Pagan studies was held at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, North-East England in 1993.
Notable pub-rock venues include the Largs Pier Hotel and the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide, the Royal Antler Hotel in Narrabeen, Sydney and the Civic Hotel in Sydney's city centre, the famous Star Hotel in Newcastle NSW and the Station Hotel in Prahran, Melbourne, which was one of the premier pub-rock venues in Australia for more than two decades, Poyntons Carlton Club Hotel in Carlton Melbourne's first Sunday night Live pub-rock venue.
The comic was started in Newcastle upon Tyne in December 1979 by Chris Donald, who produced the comic from his bedroom in his parents ' Jesmond home with help from his brother Simon and friend Jim Brownlow.
The first theatrical adaptation of Wings of Desire was created by the Northern Stage theatre company in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK in 2003.
* West End Broadcast ( WeB FM ), a radio station in Newcastle, England, that was a forerunner of NE1fm
Walpole was instead succeeded as Prime Minister by Lord Wilmington, though the real power in the new government was divided between Lord Carteret and the Pelham brothers ( Henry and Thomas, Duke of Newcastle ).
In 1754, Henry Pelham died suddenly, and was succeeded as Prime Minister by his brother, the Duke of Newcastle.
It was widely believed that Newcastle had done this because he feared the ambitions of both Pitt and Fox, and believed he would find it easier to dominate the inexperienced Robinson.
As the government came under increasing attack, Newcastle replaced Robinson with Fox who it was acknowledged carried more political weight and again slighted Pitt.

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The film continues to cause controversy ; in February 2007 the Church of St Thomas the Martyr in Newcastle upon Tyne held a public screening in the church itself, with song-sheets, organ accompaniment, stewards in costume and false beards for female members of the audience ( alluding to an early scene where a group of women disguise themselves as men so that they are able to take part in a stoning ).
A coalition with Newcastle was formed in June 1757, and held power until October 1761.
The first show for English Setters was held in 1859 at Newcastle upon Tyne.
Extensive personal and estate papers of the Dukes of Newcastle are held in the Portland ( Welbeck ) and Newcastle ( Clumber ) collections at the department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham.
In September 2012, the city council held discussions on whether to begin informal talks with the City of Bellevue concerning possible annexation into Bellevue and disincorporation of Newcastle.
Pelham's personal papers were inherited by his son-in-law and now form part of the Newcastle ( Clumber ) Collection held at the department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham.
* Newcastle, County Dublin: this is a prebend since at least 1227, and was held by the Archdeacon of Glendalough from 1467 to 1872, when that Archdeacon ceased to be a member of the Chapter.
The largest British ( and European ) travelling fair is The Hoppings on Newcastle Town Moor, which is held annually in the last two weeks of June.
Although there was some question as to where the trial should be held — the Duke of Newcastle wanted him tried in London — Turpin was tried at York Assizes.
The cast and crew from the first 10 years of the show held their first reunion on 19 May 2012 in the Quayside area of Newcastle upon Tyne and on a river boat cruise.
Historically, several other peers have held multiple dukedoms, including the Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and Newcastle-under-Lyne, the Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, the Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch and the two Dukes of Queensberry and Dover and some other mainly Royal Dukes.
It is often incorrectly stated that Pitt was Prime Minister during the war, when in fact it was Newcastle who held the office.
The first sporting event held at the stadium was on 6 March 1999 when a then-record rugby league football crowd of 104, 583 watched the NRL first round double-header, featuring Newcastle v Manly and Parramatta v St George Illawarra Dragons.
Surfest is an annual surfing competition held in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
The event runs for thirteen days, and from the 2007 event, will be held at Merewether Beach, having been held between Newcastle Beach and South Newcastle Beach in the past.
** held jointly with Berwick-upon-Tweed and Newcastle upon Tyne
She has held several literary fellowships, including the Northern Arts Literary Fellowship in Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham in 1979-81.
Over the next six years pickets of Marks and Spencer were held in places including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Newcastle, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Durham, Rochdale, Nottingham, Leicester, across London, Stratford and Brighton.
After the First World War, the revival was marked by the fierce competition between pit villages in the rapper classes of the newly-instituted North of England Musical Tournament held annually in Newcastle upon Tyne.
In contemporary documents from the early Revolutionary period, the area is generally referred to as " The Three Lower Counties on the Delaware River " ( Lower Counties on Delaware ) or by the names of the three counties, all of which retained linguistic and cultural connections to those of Maryland ; New Castle, which related well to North East England's Newcastle as the defunct Durham County, Maryland ( both Newcastle and Durham were relatively close to the Calvert regional identity as that of Northern England -- and as landlords in County Longford, of the Irish Midlands, their barony shared some characteristics with the earlier English Catholic plantation by Mary I of England and Philip II of Spain in Queen's and King's counties ), while Kent was contiguous with neighboring Kent County, Maryland and Sussex generally held a similar origin to Sussex County, Virginia, being the furthest removed from Penn's colony.

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