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771:Greta Bridge
696:Part of the
674:Part of the
671:Ethnographic
625:museum ship
498:museum ship
188:Bowes Museum
128:Home of the
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1439:Oxfordshire
1344:East Sussex
850:John Wesley
759:Rokeby Park
734:Raby Castle
589:Archaeology
432:Lord Nelson
96:Located at
1624:Categories
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1409:Merseyside
1389:Lancashire
1319:Derbyshire
1145:Wolsingham
1120:Spennymoor
1110:Sedgefield
1085:Hartlepool
1058:Darlington
1028:Billingham
878:References
796:Spennymoor
614:Hartlepool
540:Darlington
493:Royal Navy
484:Hartlepool
459:Hartlepool
423:Hartlepool
394:Hartlepool
341:Spennymoor
269:DLI Museum
213:DLI Museum
102:anchorites
65:Town/City
40:businesses
1583:Gibraltar
1504:Wiltshire
1364:Hampshire
1284:Berkshire
1149:See also:
1080:Ferryhill
894:. Flicker
854:Methodist
746:Staindrop
321:Religious
93:Religious
30:contains
1599:Guernsey
1534:Scotland
1454:Somerset
1309:Cornwall
1304:Cheshire
1125:Stanhope
1100:Peterlee
923:See also
821:Tanfield
565:Killhope
553:Killhope
488:Maritime
463:Military
438:and the
436:Napoleon
427:Maritime
229:Military
154:Open air
71:Summary
1469:Suffolk
1444:Rutland
1414:Norfolk
1314:Cumbria
1289:Bristol
1272:England
1205:Museums
1195:Schools
1140:Tow Law
1130:Stanley
1115:Shildon
1048:Consett
1043:Chilton
825:Railway
702:website
693:Library
647:Railway
643:Shildon
544:Railway
520:Railway
349:website
265:website
150:Beamish
32:museums
26:England
1604:Jersey
1474:Surrey
1404:London
1334:Durham
1329:Dorset
1180:Places
1163:Topics
1153:Durham
1105:Seaham
1064:Durham
1000:(part)
972:Durham
690:Durham
667:Durham
585:Durham
569:Mining
516:Durham
369:Durham
345:Mining
317:Durham
288:Durham
257:Durham
225:Durham
62:Image
1550:Wales
1349:Essex
1324:Devon
1190:SSSIs
1053:Crook
845:Local
725:Local
618:Local
373:Local
68:Type
59:Name
18:This
1384:Kent
1170:Flag
900:2013
852:and
969:of
800:Art
398:Art
261:Art
204:Art
179:Art
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