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Great Eppleton
Great Eppleton in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Great Eppleton is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Great Eppleton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hetton, in the Sunderland district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is about 6 miles south west of Sunderland city centre. Until 1974 it was in County Durham. In 1931 the parish had a population of 38. Today it consists of 2 farms.
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Background
History
The name "Eppleton" means 'Valley growing with apple-trees'. The earliest known reference for "Eplinden" is 1273. in 1866 Great Eppleton became a separate civil parish and was in Houghton le Spring Rural District, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished to form "Hetton" and became part of Hetton Urban District. In 1974 Hetton Urban district was abolished and Great Eppleton became part of the metropolitan borough of Sunderland in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear.
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- Coordinates
- 54.8270, -1.4280
Sources
- wikidata: Q118082540 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Great Eppleton (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Eppleton?
- Great Eppleton is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8270°, -1.4280°.