Dawdon
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thumb|400px|Blast Beach near Dawdon was used for exterior shots of the planet Fiorina "Fury" 161 in Alien 3. Dawdon is a former pit community to the south of Seaham, in County Durham, England. An area of the beach near Dawdon (known locally as "the Blast", a former waste coal dumping site) was used in the opening scenes of the science fiction film Alien 3.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 4 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Dawdon is referenced by 19 other articles, and connects out to Seaham, England and list of sovereign states.
It is catalogued under topics including Former civil parishes in County Durham, Populated coastal places in County Durham and Seaham.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Seaham
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Seaham
- Population
- 7220
- Image
- Office block and Call Centre, Dawdon - geograph.org.uk - 1541692.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0191
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- OS grid reference
- NZ433484
- Commons category
- Dawdon
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Dawdon Colliery
- Dawdon Miners' Welfare Club
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|400px|Blast Beach near Dawdon was used for exterior shots of the planet Fiorina "Fury" 161 in Alien 3. Dawdon is a former pit community to the south of Seaham, in County Durham, England. An area of the beach near Dawdon (known locally as "the Blast", a former waste coal dumping site) was used in the opening scenes of the science fiction film Alien 3.
== History == The township of Dawdon (commonly spelled Dawden on old records and maps) was in the parish of Dalton-le-Dale and consisted of an area of 1,088 acres between the Durham coast and the townships of Seaham, Dalton-le-Dale and Cold Hesledon. Seaham Harbour was built in the township. The port and town grew during the 19th century. In 1866 Dawdon became a separate civil parish and became part of Seaham Harbour urban district, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Seaham. and became part of the new Seaham urban district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dawdon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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