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WEETSLADE, or Weetslet, a township in Long-benton parish, Northumberland; 5½ miles N of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It contains the villages of Seaton-Burn, Six-Mile-Bridge, and part of Hazlerigg. Pop. in 1851, 1,353; in 1861, 2,828. Houses, 503. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of a new colliery.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place names: | WEETSLADE | WEETSLADE OR WEETSLET | WEETSLET |
| Place: | Weetslade |
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