Ellington

Ellington is a small village on the Northumberland Coast. Ellington is 4 miles from Ashington, 6 miles from Morpeth and 15 miles North of Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Ellington village was the site of the last remaining operational deep coal mine in the area. Ellington Colliery closed # January 26, 2005. It was the last deep mine in the UK to extract coal from right under the sea.

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The name of the village is thought to derive from the Saxon meaning descendants of Ella.

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Today, Ellington is made up almost exclusively of private housing. It has 1 first school, 2 public houses *The Plough Inn and the Ellington Institute. Two Convenience Stores, a post office, an Indian Takeaway, a library and a hairdressers.

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Village: :For a list of references which "The Village" could refer to, see The Village...

Northumberland: :For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation)...

Ashington: Ashington is a town in Northumberland, England, with a population of around 28,000 people. It is located four miles east of Morpeth and 15 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne....

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