TYNE
, a See also:river in the See also:north-See also:east of See also:England, flowing east-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward to the North See also:Sea, formed of two See also:main branches, the North Tyne and See also:South Tyne
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The North Tyne. rises in the Cheviot Hills, at their south-western extremity, near the Scottish border
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The valley soon becomes beautifully waoded
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At See also:Bellingham it receives the Rede, whose See also:wild valley, See also:Redesdale, was one of the See also:chief localities of border warfare, and contains the site of the See also:battle of Otterburn (1388)
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The South Tyne rises in the south-eastern extremity of Cumber-See also:land, below See also:Cross See also:Fell in the Pennine See also:Chain, and flows north past See also:Alston as far as the small See also:town of Haltwhistle, where it turns east
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The valley receives from the south the picturesque Allendale, in which the See also:lead mines were formerly important
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The two branches of the Tyne join at See also:Warden, a little above the town of See also:Hexham, with its See also:great See also:abbey, and the See also:united stream continues past See also:Corbridge, where a See also:Roman road crossed it, in a beautiful sylvan valley
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The united course from the junction to the sea is about 30 M
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The length from the source of the North Tyne is 8o m., and the drainage See also:area is 1130 sq. m
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In its last 15 M. the Tyne, here the boundary between See also:Northumberland and See also:Durham, is one of the most important commercial waterways in England
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Sea-going vessels can navigate up to See also:Blaydon, and collieries and large manufacturing towns See also:line the See also:banks—See also:Newburn, See also:Newcastle-upon-Tyne, See also:Wallsend and North See also:Shields on the Northumberland See also:side; See also:Gateshead, See also:Jarrow and South Shields on the Durham side, with many lesser centres, forming continuous lines of factories and See also:shipbuilding yards
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The growth of the great shipbuilding and See also:engineering companies, now amalgamated, of which the See also:Armstrong See also:firm at See also:Elswick is the most famous, necessitated the dredging of the river so as to See also:form a deep waterway
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At high-See also:water See also:spring tides there are 40 ft. of water at Shields See also:Harbour at the mouth, and 31 at Newcastle, 8 m. up river
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Dangerous rocks outside the mouth have been partially removed and the See also:remainder protected, and the Tyne forms a very safe harbour of See also:refuge
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