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    Backworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) west of Whitley...
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  • Backworth Colliery Band are a traditional British Brass Band based in Backworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. The band consist of 27 senior members and...
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    spent one night a week at the Backworth Drama Centre, and appeared in a series of productions at both school and Backworth. Green left school aged 16 with...
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    Backworth railway station served the village of Backworth and nearby hamlet of Holywell in what is now the Borough of North Tyneside, North East England...
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    Backworth railway station served part of Newcastle in the English county of Northumberland, later part of Tyne and Wear. The station opened as Hotspur...
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    4,782. In the early 2000s, Northumberland Park was built: this area, Backworth and West Allotment are all in Shiremoor. The village was originally named...
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    Old wards No. of seats New wards No. of seats Battle Hill 3 Backworth and Holystone 3 Benton 3 Battle Hill 3 Camperdown 3 Camperdown 3 Chirton 3 Chirton...
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    In the late 1800s, further land was purchased by the local colliery (Backworth Colliery Co Ltd) to build housing for miners. This new estate was named...
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    was never brought into use. In April 2016 a new housing development at Backworth was started and adopted the name of Brierdene. "Brier Dene, North Tyneside"...
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  • Holywell Holy well East Holywell, a hamlet in Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England West Holywell, a hamlet in Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England Holly Wells (1991–2002)...
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