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Woolsington
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Woolsington is a village in, and civil parish of, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is located north-west of the city centre, covering a large geographical area. It was also formerly an electoral ward, although the ward was slightly larger than the civil parish, extending slightly further south. The parish also includes Newbiggin Hall, Woolsington village and Newcastle Airport. It had a population of 11,160 as of the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Woolsington
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Tyne and Wear
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- UK place.civil_parish
- Woolsington
- UK place.population
- 11,160
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Woolsington - Woolsington Park.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Woolsington Park
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ199697
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hexham
- UK place.post_town
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE13
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.dial_code
- 0191
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Woolsington is a village in, and civil parish of, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is located north-west of the city centre, covering a large geographical area. It was also formerly an electoral ward, although the ward was slightly larger than the civil parish, extending slightly further south. The parish also includes Newbiggin Hall, Woolsington village and Newcastle Airport. It had a population of 11,160 as of the 2011 Census.
The place-name 'Woolsington' is first attested in Charter Rolls of 1204, where it appears as Wlsinton. The name means 'the town or settlement of Wulfsige's people'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Woolsington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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