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Colliery Row

Colliery Row proper noun: a western suburb of Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3249).

Proper noun

Colliery Row

  1. A western suburb of Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3249).
    • Near the village of Vienna, now known as Colliery Row, a locomotive (probably one built by George Stephenson for the Hetton Coal Company, in 1822) was set in motion, and the Duke, "after examining minutely the nature and construction of the machine and its operation expressed himself highly...1948 January and February, “Notes and News: Duke of Wellington's Early Railway Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 56

Questions about Colliery Row

What does Colliery Row mean?
Colliery Row means a western suburb of Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3249).
What part of speech is Colliery Row?
Colliery Row is a proper noun.

Words near Colliery Row in the dictionary

  1. collieries
  2. colliers
  3. Colliers Wood
  4. Collierville
  5. colliery
  6. Colliery Row
  7. collies
  8. collieshangie
  9. collieshangies
  10. colliest
  11. colliferous

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