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| | Washington, Tyne and Wear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Washington is located 10 miles (16 km) west of Sunderland City Centre itself, and roughly the same distance south of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
 | | It was from Washington Village that the ancestors of George Washington, the first President of the United States, emigrated to Virginia in 1657. |
 | | Washington's villages are called Donwell, Usworth (originally Great Usworth), Concord, Sulgrave, Albany, Glebe, Barmston, Biddick, Washington Village (the original village and location of the Old Hall), Columbia, Blackfell, Oxclose, Ayton, Lambton, Fatfield, Harraton and Rickleton. |
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