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'''Morpeth''' is the county town of [[Northumberland]] in north-east [[England]], located 15 miles north of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. Founded as a planned medieval borough in the 12th century, on the north bank of the river Wansbeck, it has remained a small market town and in the twentieth century, with its castle ruins, parks and landscaped riverside areas, as well as a museum of [[bagpipes]], has become something of an inland resort as well as a dormitory town for the nearby [[Tyneside]] [[conurbation]]. The town lies on the A1 [[Great North Road]] and the main [[London]] to [[Edinburgh]] [[railway]]. | '''Morpeth''' is the county town of [[Northumberland]] in north-east [[England]], located 15 miles north of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. Founded as a planned medieval borough in the 12th century, on the north bank of the river Wansbeck, it has remained a small market town and in the twentieth century, with its castle ruins, parks and landscaped riverside areas, as well as a museum of [[bagpipes]], has become something of an inland resort as well as a dormitory town for the nearby [[Tyneside]] [[conurbation]]. The town lies on the A1 [[Great North Road]] and the main [[London]] to [[Edinburgh]] [[railway]]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:43, January 11, 2008
Morpeth is the county town of Northumberland in north-east England, located 15 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Founded as a planned medieval borough in the 12th century, on the north bank of the river Wansbeck, it has remained a small market town and in the twentieth century, with its castle ruins, parks and landscaped riverside areas, as well as a museum of bagpipes, has become something of an inland resort as well as a dormitory town for the nearby Tyneside conurbation. The town lies on the A1 Great North Road and the main London to Edinburgh railway.
