Location within the British Isles

Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, it is the oldest new town in the north of England. It has a population of nearly 30,000 people. These 'Newtowns' were the brainchild of Winston Churchill to revive post war industry in an area dominated by steel and mining. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article may contain original research or unverified claims. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A New town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...

Prior to the Newtown development, Aycliffe(originally 'Acley') was the site of a Saxon settlement. The name Acley came from the Saxon words: 'Ac', meaning oak, and 'ley', meaning 'a clearing'. Aycliffe was the location of a church synods in AD 782 and AD 789. In more resent times Aycliffe was a key element in WWII ammunitions manufacturing. Women (referred to as Aycliffe's Angels) braved incredible dangers inside huge grass covered munitions factories serviced by the nearby railway lines. The marshy land was ideal cover against the Luftwaffe as it was almost continually shrouded in fog and mist. A synod (also known as a council) is a council of a church, usually a Christian church, convened to decide an issue of doctrine or administration. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or (help· info) (German: Air Arm, IPA: [luftvafə]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ...

Famous businesses located in the town included Flymo and 3M.

Its railway station lies on the original Stockton and Darlington Railway. Locomotion No 1 was placed on the lines at nearby Aycliffe Station in 1825. The name of the station was subsequently changed to Heighington Lane Station, and is now Heighington Station. Newton Aycliffe railway station serves the town of Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, England. ... The Stockton and Darlington railway (S&DR), which opened in 1825, was the first railway to use steam locomotives and carry passengers. ... Aycliffe is part of the name of three places in County Durham, in England: Newton Aycliffe, a town Aycliffe Village, a village near Newton Aycliffe School Aycliffe, a village near Newton Aycliffe This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Education

Schools in the area are

• Aycliffe Village Primary School
• Byerley Park Primary School
• Elmfield Primary School
• Greenfield School Community and Arts College
• Heighington Church Of England Primary School
• Horndale Infant School
• St Francis Church Of England Junior School
• St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
• St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
• Stephenson Way Primary School
• Sugar Hill Primary School
• Vane Road Primary School
• Woodham Burn Infant School
• Woodham Burn Junior School
• Woodham Community Technology College
• (Avenue Comprehensive School closed 1992)

Arms

Great Aycliffe Town Council is one of the largest town councils in the country and has a website at http://www.great-aycliffe.gov.uk. Arms of Great Aycliffe Town Council. ...

There is also an archive website http://www.acley.co.uk about the township of Great Aycliffe which also includes the nearby Aycliffe Village. Aycliffe Village is a village in County Durham, in England. ...

Newton Aycliffe is the largest town within Tony Blair's constituency, Sedgefield. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ... Sedgefield is a local government district and borough in County Durham, in north-east England. ...