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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Newcastle upon Tyne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England.
The Tyne itself passes through a gorge between Newcastle (on the North Bank) and Gateshead (the administratively separate Borough and urban area south of the river), which is famous for a series of dramatic and notable bridges such as the Tyne Bridge and High Level Bridge shared by Newcastle and Gateshead.
A new Reform movement Synagogue was built in 1986 nearby and continues to flourish.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Newcastle_upon_Tyne   (2815 words)

  
 Bristol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1247 a new bridge was built and the town was extended to incorporate neighbouring suburbs, becoming in 1373 a county in its own right.
By the 14th century Bristol was England's third-largest town (after London and York), with perhaps 15-20,000 inhabitants on the eve of the Black Death of 1348-49.
Competition from Liverpool from c.1760, the disruption of maritime commerce through war with France (1793) and the abolition of the slave trade (1807) contributed to the city's failure to keep pace with the newer manufacturing centres of the North and Midlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bristol   (4528 words)

  
 Europe's 13th-Century Progress by Sanderson Beck
York archbishop Geoffrey opposed the King's tax of a thirteenth on church rents and movables and excommunicated the collectors and tax payers before he fled England.
A new league of German cities was banned by the new imperial regent, Duke Ludwig of Bavaria, because the ecclesiastical princes wanted to rule the cities.
The new Pope Urban IV issued a bull favoring Henry in 1262, and Henry announced that the charters of liberties would be enforced but that the ordinances and statutes had been annulled by the Pope; anyone opposing his royal right could be arrested.
www.san.beck.org /AB21-Europe13thCentury.html   (23696 words)

  
 scott olson design - WWW Links
I wear this band as a constant reminder of the brothers and sisters I will never know, citizens of countries all around the world who's lives were tragically ended that September morning.
I wear this band so that as long as I live, the lives of these people, and especially the life of Yuji Goya, will not be forgotten.
NewVeg - for the new or wanna-be vegetarian.
www.scottolson.us /fun.html   (2149 words)

  
 British Glass After the War, from the Glass Museum On Line
In 1951 the "Festival of Britain" was put on in London as the showcase for British achievement, and a display of British glass was included in the "Britain Can Make It" Exhibition that formed part of the Festival.
The Wear Flint Glass Works, operated by Joblings at this time, had to sell a 40% shareholding to the American glass company Corning in 1954, and they ceased making fancy pressed glass in 1970.
" The Glass Industry of Tyne and Wear: Part 1: Glassmaking on Wearside" Tyne and Wear County Council, 1979.
www.glass.co.nz /trademarks.htm   (2097 words)

  
 Judaica & Hebraica Booksellers
New Moon is now published as part of London Jewish News, a weekly newspaper.
New Jersey 07647, U.S.A. Format: The pages are not numbered.
New Jersey 07647, U.S.A. Here is a paragraph from page 218.
www.brijnet.org /books   (4591 words)

  
 Subways / Transport
New Athos mini-metro (official New Athos mini-subway in the cave (Republic of Abkhazia) "opened as part of tourist complex in 1975, 4 July.
New York City (Google mashup NYC subway map for bar and restaurant access information; thanks to N. Byrne)
New York City special: service as of 9/19/01 (thanks to the provider Mark Bosworth for the gift; thanks to Minott Kerr for the connection)
www.reed.edu /~reyn/transport.html   (7270 words)

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