Willington | |
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Location within Tyne and Wear | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WALLSEND |
Postcode district | NE28 |
Dialling code | 0191 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Tyne and Wear |
Ambulance | North East |
Willington is an area in the North Tyneside district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It has an industrial estate.
The place-name derives from Old English tun (homestead or farm) of Wifel's people, and appears in 1085 as Wiflintun, and as Wiuelington in 1204. [1]
Willington was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Walls-end, [2] on 30 September 1894 Willington became a separate civil parish, being formed from the rural part of Wallsend, on 9 November 1910 the parish was abolished and merged with Wallsend. [3] In 1901 the parish had a population of 1999. [4]
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