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Walbottle
Walbottle in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Walbottle 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
Walbottle is a village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Background
History
The village name, recorded in 1176 as "Walbotl", is derived from the Old English botl (building) on Hadrian's Wall. There are a number of Northumbrian villages which are suffixed "-bottle". Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, refers to a royal estate called Ad Murum near the Roman Wall where, in 653 AD, the King of the Middle Angles, Peada, and the King of the East Saxons, Sigeberht, were both baptised as Christians by Bishop Finan, having been persuaded to do so by King Oswy of Northumbria. Historians have identified Ad Murum as a possible reference to Walbottle. Ann Potter, the mother of Lord Armstrong, the famous industrialist, was born at Walbottle Hall in 1780…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9930, -1.7280
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Walbottle?
- Walbottle is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9930°, -1.7280°.