Word List

Glossary of Northumbrian Dialect Words

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Pictures of Northumbria: Beamish Museum, Tyne Bridges, the Northumberland countryside, iconic dry stone wall, Newcastle from the Sage Theatre, Durham Cathedral, Lindisfarne Castle, Souter Lighthouse, Sycamore Gap, Hadrian’s Wall and Wallington Hall.


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