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Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England, [1] within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne .
Whickham; Full name: Whickham Football Club: Nickname(s) The Lang Jacks or The Home Guard: Founded: ... Durham Challenge Cup. Winners 2005–06; FA Vase. Winners 1980 ...
Durham (/ ˈ d ʌr əm / ⓘ DURR-əm, locally / ˈ d ɜːr əm / listen ⓘ) [a] is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England.It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham.
Gateshead Central and Whickham is a constituency in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Mark Ferguson of the Labour Party. The constituency was created by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, and was first contested at the 2024 general election. [1] [2]
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England – Whickham, County Durham.Two boys die when they are run over by a wagon on a wooden coal wagonway.While such tramway accidents are not generally listed as rail accidents (note the lack of accidents listed for the next 163 years) this is sometimes cited as the earliest-known railway accident.
Whickham South and Sunniside is a local council ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. This ward covers an area of around 5.6 square miles (14.5 km 2), [5] and has a population of 8,313. [6] As of September 2020, the ward is served by three councillors: John McClury, Jonathan Charles Wallace and Marilynn Ord. [7]
Marley Hill is a former colliery village about six miles to the south west of Gateshead, near the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham. It has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead since 1974. Prior to this it was part of Whickham Urban District.