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17 unusual facts about northern England


British colonisation of Tasmania

These settlers reared sheep and exported wool and mutton to Northern England.

Co-Dependent's Day

The film which Otto watches, The Momentum of Things, parodies a film about the decline of coal mining in Northern England, Brassed Off, with similar music to that heard in the film.

Fauna of England

Towards the North of England the climate becomes colder and most of England's mountains and high hills are located here and have a major impact on the climate and thus the local fauna of the areas.

Giuseppe Wilson

Although born in Northern England, Wilson played the majority of his football career in Italy.

Hicks from the Sticks

The album was the brainchild of music journalist Nigel Burnham who wanted to showcase the best New Wave bands in the North of England.

Honeychurch

A native of Doncaster, England (in Yorkshire), Millward started playing drums in the brass bands which are traditional in Northern England, and also played in Thumper and other groups in England before joining Honeychurch in 2004.

Lynne Carol

The verbal interplay between the three epitomised the serial's North of England humanity and yielded some of the 'richest moments' in the programme.

Marauding Scot

Many culinary scholars think the name of the dish is a reference to the frequent invasions of Scots into Northern England before the new Stuart era united the two nations.

Miranda Grell

In addition to losing his seat Smith was verbally abused in the street, spat at and was forced to relocate to the North of England as a result of the false allegations, fearing for his life.

Naomi Wallace

Naomi Wallace divides her time between Kentucky and the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England (UK), where she lives with her partner Bruce McLeod, with whom she has three children.

Neil Reid

and Reid quickly faded from national prominence to performing on the Northern England Working men's club circuit.

Rising of the North

This position was especially strong in Northern England, where several powerful nobles were Catholics; there had been similar risings against Henry VIII; the Pilgrimage of Grace of 1536 and Bigod's Rebellion of 1537.

The Rising of the North of 1569, also called the Revolt of the Northern Earls or Northern Rebellion, was an unsuccessful attempt by Catholic nobles from Northern England to depose Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

Robert Squires

Vice Admiral Robert Risley Squires DL (born 1927) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Big Issue

The venture continued to expand with national editions being established in Scotland and Wales, as well as regional editions for Northern England and England's South West Region.

United Kingdom Singapore Students' Council

Structurally, these Partner Societies are further allocated into 5 geographical categories (The South, Greater London, Midlands, The North, Scotland) or classified as an Affiliated Student Organisation (ASO).

Violence against prostitutes

Peter Sutcliffe (aka the Yorkshire Ripper) murdered 13 women, most of whom were prostitutes, from 1975-1980 in Northern England.


Alan Chesters

Returning to the north of England, where he was to spend the rest of his ministry, he became director of education for the Diocese of Durham and rector of Brancepeth (1972–85).

Castercliff

Castercliff is an Iron Age hillfort situated close to the towns of Nelson and Colne in Lancashire, Northern England.

Church of the Holy Trinity, Embleton

The open battlement resembles those found at Coxwold; this pierced battlement is an unusual feature for a country church in northern England.

M62 coach bombing

The M62 coach bombing happened on 4 February 1974 on the M62 motorway in northern England, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded in a coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members.

Owen Nares

In 1942, he appeared in a revival of Robert E. Sherwood’s The Petrified Forrest, and afterwards he went on tour with the play to Northern England and Wales.

Pickle Bridge Line

The Pickle Bridge Line is a disused railway route in Northern England that ran between the cities of Huddersfield and Bradford.

White Scar Caves

White Scar Caves is a network of caves under Ingleborough in the Chapel-le-Dale valley of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the North of England.