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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 732 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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urban
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district in the Wansbeck
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parliamentary division of Northumberland, England, 4 M . E. of
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Morpeth, on the Newbiggin branch of the North Eastern railway . Pop . (Igor) 13,956 . The district, especially along the
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river Wansbeck, is not without beauty, but there are numerous collieries, from the existence of which springs the
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modern growth of Ashington . At Bothal on the river (from which parish that of Ashington was formed) is the castle originally belonging to the Bertram
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family, of which Roger Bertram probably built the
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gatehouse, the only habitable portion remaining, in the reign of
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Edward III . The ruins of the castle are fragmentary, but of considerable extent . The church of St Andrew here has interesting details from Early
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English to Perpendicular date, and in the neighbouring woods is a ruined
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chapel of St Mary . The
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mining centre of Ashington lies 2 M. north-east, on the high ground north of the Wansbeck . 'ASHKENAZI, SEBI (1656–1718), known as IJakham Sebi, for some time
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rabbi of Amsterdam, was a resolute opponent of the followers of the pseudo-Messiah, Sabbatai Sebi (q.v.) . He had a chequered career, owing to' his independence of character, He visited many lands, including England, where he wielded much influence . His Response are held in high esteem .

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