Backworth is a small village in North Tyneside, about 3.5 miles west of Whitley Bay. North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the North East of England, part of the Tyne and Wear urban area centred on Newcastle and formerly part of Northumberland. ... Map sources for Whitley Bay at grid reference NZ3572 Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. ...
"Earsdon, a parish comprising the townships of Backworth, Blyth and Newsham, Burradon, Earsdon, Hartley, Holywell, Seaton Delaval, and Sighill, is bounded on the north by Bedlingtonshire, on the west by Long Benton, Cramlington, and Horton, on the south by Tynemouth, and on the east by the German Ocean.
The 1841 Census of Backworth transcribed by Ian Percy.
The Backworth Colliery Band is a brass band which was formed one hundred years ago and still performs at a wide variety of concerts and contests in the area, and beyond.
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