WHICKHAM
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V28,
Page 588
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
WHICKHAM
, an urban district in the Chester-le- Street parliamentary division of Durham, England, 4 m
.
S.W. of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, near the river Derwent
.
Pop
.
(1901) 12,852
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There is a station (Swalwell) on a branch of the North-Eastern railway
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The See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of St Mary has Norman and Transitional portions, and in the neighbourhood is the mansion of Gibside, of the 17th century
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The demesne borders the Der-went, and is of great beauty, part being laid out in formal gardens and straight avenues
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It contains a lofty Doric column and a detached chapel and banqueting See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
, and in the vicinity are picturesque fragments of the monastic chapel of Friarside, and of the manor house of Hollinside
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Whickham is one of the centres of a coal- mining district, the mines employing the majority of the industrial population; but there are also iron, steel, and chemical works
.
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