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Whitley.-- township and vil. with ry. sta., Tynemouth par., Northumberland, on the coast, 2½ miles N. of North Shields, 540 ac., pop. 1350; P.O., T.O.; is a pleasant place with handsome seaside terrace. The inhabitants find employment in working coal, lime-stone, and ironstone. The township, together with that of Monksheaton, forms a local government district called Whitley and Monksheaton.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tynemouth Parish Whitley Parish Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Whitley |
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