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Washington is a town in the City of Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it is the ancestral settlement of the local Washington family, from which the first President of the United States George Washington descended. It is located between Chester-le-Street, Gateshead and Sunderland.
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Tyne and Wear (/ ˌ t aɪ n ... ˈ w ɪər /) is a ceremonial...
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Article History. Washington, town in Sunderland metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, historic county of Durham, northeastern England. It lies along the north side of the River Wear below Chester-le-Street.
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Washington is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It was a small mining village but from 1964 became the core of a planned New Town, with a population of over 67,000 in 2011. It was part of County Durham until 1974 when the metropolis of Tyne and Wear was created.
2011 The population of Washington reached 67,000. 2018 Start of the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) on 150 hectares north of Nissan. History information for Washington, Tyne And Wear, on the official site for Washington History Society.
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