Wylam, Carlisle

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Wylam is a village in Carlisle

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wylam within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wylam in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wylam, township and vil. (ry. stations Wylam and North Wylam), Ovingham par., Northumberland - township, 974 ac. (43 water), pop. 959; vil., on river Tyne, 8¼ miles W. of Newcastle; P.O., T.O.; has a shot factory, pig-iron blast furnace, coal mining, and stone quarrying. George Stephenson (1781-1848), the engineer, was a native. In vicinityis Wylam House, seat.

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