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Washington, Tyne and Wear
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History
Toponymy
Early references appear around 1096 in Old English as Wasindone{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}. The etymological origin is disputed and there are several proposed theories for how the name "Washington" came about. Early interpretations included Wasindone (people of the hill by the stream, 1096), or Wassyngtona (settlement of Wassa's people, 1183).WEB,weblink A guide to Washington, Tyne and Wear. Washington tourist information, local contacts, attractions and reviews,Hwæsa
The origins of the name Washington are not fully known. The most supported theory (especially amongst local historians) is that Washington is derived from Anglo-Saxon HwæsingatÅ«n, which roughly means "estate of the descendants (family) of Hwæsa". Hwæsa (usually rendered Wassa or Wossa in modern English) is an Old English name meaning "wheat sheaf".Due to the evolution of English grammar, modern English lacks the Germanic grammatical features that permeated Anglo-Saxon English. This causes confusion for many in regard to the name HwæsingatÅ«n. It is essentially composed of three main (albeit grammatically altered) elements:- "Hwæsa" â most likely the name of a local Anglo-Saxon chieftain or farmer.
- "ing" â a Germanic component that has lost its original context in English: ing means roughly "[derived] of/from". In the name HwæsingatÅ«n, "ing" is conjugated to "inga" in accordance with the genitive plural declension of OE.
- "tÅ«n" â root of the modern English "town", and is a cognate of German Zaun (fence), Dutch tuin (garden) and Icelandic tún (paddock). The word means "fenced off estate" or more accurately "estate with defined boundaries".
Washing
Another of the popular origin theories is that Washington is in fact derived from the Old English verb wascan and the noun dūn meaning "hill"; thus making the name Wascandūn, meaning "washing hill". This theory likely originates from the proximity of the river Wear to the actual Anglo-Saxon hall at the time (most likely where Washington Old Hall stands today).This idea is not backed by linguistic evidence. Combining the two Old English words "wascan" and "dūn" would actually have meant "washed hill" and not "washing hill". Also, the Old English "dūn" meant a range of gently rolling hills, as evidenced by the naming of the North and South Downs in southern England.Old Hall
File:Washington Old Hall (geograph 5906778).jpg|thumb|The Old Hall ]]The Old Hall may have been built by William de Hertburn, who moved to the area in 1183. As was the custom, he took the name of his new estates (Wessyngtonlands){{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}, and became William de Wessyngton. By 1539, when the family moved to Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire, the spelling "Washington" had been adopted.The present Hall is an early 17th-century small English manor house of sandstone. Only the foundations and the arches between the Kitchen and the Great Hall remain of the original house.George Washington connection
File:John Washington plaque.JPG|thumb|left|Plaque in Durham Cathedral's cloisters for John Washington, who was Prior there.]]William de Wessyngton (originally William Bayard{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}, later de Hertburne) was a forebear of George Washington,WEB,weblink Guide to American Presidents: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Burke's Peerage and Gentry, 31 March 2012, the first president of the United States, after whom the US capital, a state and many other places in the United States are named. Though George Washington's great-grandfather John Washington left for Virginia from Northamptonshire in the East Midlands region of England, Washington Old Hall was the family home of George Washington's ancestors. The present structure incorporates small parts of the medieval home in which they lived.WEB,weblink Washington Old Hall, National Trust, 31 March 2012, American Independence Day is marked each year by a ceremony at Washington Old Hall.WEB,weblink LOCAL STUDIES CENTRE FACT SHEET NUMBER 12:Washington Old Hall, Sunderland City Council, 31 March 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141103080318weblink">weblink 3 November 2014, dmy-all,Dame Margaret's Hall
Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell and his wife Margaret, grandparents of Gertrude Bell, lived in Washington New Hall on The Avenue. After Margaret's death in 1871, Sir Isaac set up an orphanage in the house, named Dame Margaret Home in his late wife's honour. It later became a Dr Barnardo's home until World War II. After the war, it was taken over by the National Coal Board as a training centre, and then a children's home again. It is now a number of private apartments.WEB, Dame Margaret's Home, Washington, Durham,weblink Children's Homes,Building the New Town
(File:Front Street, New Washington (15145980642).jpg|thumb|right|Front Street in 1965)Washington's design was developed through the New Towns concept aiming to achieve sustainable socio-economic growth. The new town is divided into 18 residential "villages". It was originally also divided into the 15 numbered districts, which confused many visitors to the area. The numbered districts were abolished in 1983 though survived for a while on road signs and in postal addresses.WEB,weblink Why Washington had district numbers instead of village names, and why the scheme was scrapped, 12 December 2022, Land in the south west of the area designated for the town was purchased from the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham. Their estate of the same name includes their ancestral home, Lambton Castle.(File:Washington 1973.jpg|thumb|left|Washington in 1973)In 1970, Washington hosted the English Schools Athletic Association (ESAA) annual National Championships, attended by the then Lord Lieutenant of County Durham. On 15 November 1977, the very first SavaCentre hypermarket (a Sainsbury's and British Home Stores joint venture) opened at The Galleries.WEB, The Sainsbury Archive,weblink Museum of London, By 2005, however, it had been rebranded as a traditional Sainsbury's as the SavaCentre brand was phased out.WEB,weblink Washington Savacentre Football League,Geography
The town is made up of villages and includes the five ancient townships of Washington. Its villages are:- Albany
- Ayton
- Barmston (an ancient township)
- Biddick (previously North Biddick, an ancient township)
- Blackfell
- Columbia (previously Washington Station)
- Concord (previously New Washington and Little Usworth)
- Donwell
- Fatfield
- Glebe
- Harraton
- Lambton
- Mount Pleasant (which is south of the River Wear and shares the DH4 Postcode with Houghton le Spring)
- Oxclose
- Rickleton
- Sulgrave
- Usworth (previously Great or High Usworth, an ancient township)
- Washington Village (the original township and location of the Old Hall).
Community and culture
{{see also|Fatfield Woods|WWT Washington}}File:Ponds at Washington Wetland Centre - geograph.org.uk - 3931454.jpg|thumb|The wetlands reserve ]](File:Washington F Pit - geograph.org.uk - 614458.jpg|thumb| The 'F' Pit mining museum)The has a Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust nature reserve and The Washington 'F' Pit mining museum. The Washington Arts Centre is a converted farm building. The Centre includes an exhibition gallery, community theatre, artist studios and a recording studio. The North East Land, Sea and Air Museums is just north of the old RAF Usworth base. The Nissan plant takes up much of the rest. The municipal airport previously run from the site was closed in 1984 to make way for the Nissan plant.Industry
(File:Washington 'F' Colliery (15061535589).jpg|thumb|right|View of Washington 'F' Pit, May 1965)Historically, Washington was heavily involved in the coal industry with a number of pits. One of these in the Albany district of Washington is preserved as the 'F' Pit Museum (Washington colliery shafts alphabetically A to I e.g. the 'F' Pit). A number of the old communities of Washington grew up around the pits (e.g. Little Usworth grew up around the Usworth Colliery before being renamed Sulgrave. In support of the mines, there was a series of wagonways and later railway lines to transport the coal. The wagonways took coal to Staithes on the River Wear, where it could be loaded onto barges to be taken to the seagoing vessels at Sunderland.Washington was also involved in the chemical industry and the Washington Chemical Works was a major employer in the 19th century. This later became the Cape/Newalls Works, which produced insulation. The Pattinson Town area of Washington grew up around the chemical works. This area is now the Pattinson South industrial estate and the Teal Farm housing estate.Currently, Washington's main industries include electronics, car assembly, chemicals, electrical goods and government offices at the Town Centre and beside the Wetlands Centre. The Nissan automotive plant is the largest car assembler in Britain and the largest private-sector employer in the City of Sunderland.Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the American tyre production giant, opened a new factory in Washington in 1968, which later became Dunlop and Sumitomo Tyres. However, it closed on 5 July 2006 with the loss of 585 jobs.NEWS,weblink Tyre factory shuts for last time, 5 July 2006, The site is now occupied by Rolls-Royce Holdings making aero engine blades, and British Aerospace.Education
There are several primary, secondary schools and colleges in the villages of Washington.Primary schools
- Albany Village Primary
- Barmston Village Primary
- Biddick Primary School
- Columbia Grange School
- Fatfield Primary School
- George Washington School (formerly High Usworth)
- Holley Park Primary School
- John F. Kennedy Primary School
- Lambton Primary School
- Oxclose Primary
- Rickleton Primary School
- St Bedes Primary School
- St John Boste RC Primary School
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School
- Usworth Colliery
- Marlborough Park
- Wessington Primary â (formerly Glebe Primary)
- Hill Rise (Washington Village) Primary School â (closed)
Secondary schools
- Biddick Academy
- Oxclose Community Academy
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School
- Washington Academy
Colleges
- St Robert of Newminster Sixth Form
- City of Sunderland College Usworth
Other
The North East of England Japanese Saturday School (åæ±ã¤ã³ã°ã©ã³ãè£ç¿ææ¥æ ¡ HokutÅ Ingurando HoshÅ« JugyÅ KÅ), a Japanese weekend supplementary school, held its classes in the Oxclose Community School in Oxclose.WEB,weblink 30 March 2021, åæ±ã¤ã³ã°ã©ã³ãè£ç¿ææ¥æ ¡ - North East England Japanese Saturday School,Sport
Washington F.C. is a club based in the Northern League Division Two which is the tenth level of the English game.In 2005, Washington R.F.C was established. The club currently plays in Durham and Northumberland Division 3.Politics
File:Official portrait of Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP crop 2.jpg|thumb|Sharon Hodgson has been the Member of Parliament for Washington since 2005.]]Washington is part of the Washington and Sunderland West parliamentary constituency and is represented in the House of Commons by Sharon Hodgson of the Labour Party.Transport
File:Washington Galleries Bus Station (geograph 5190861).jpg|thumb|The Galleries Bus Station ]]There is a major bus station situated at The Galleries, and another at Concord in the north of Washington. The primary provider of transport (buses) in the area is Go North East, with local services as well as connections to Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, and many other towns and cities in the region.Major roads run through Washington: the A182, the A1231 (Sunderland Highway) and the A195 all connect to the A1(M) motorway (which acts as the western boundary of Washington proper) or its feeder, the A194. Washington Services is situated between Junctions 64 and 65 of the A1(M), and incorporates a Travelodge.The town's {{rws|Washington|England|railway station}} closed to passengers in the 1960s due to the Beeching cuts and to freight in 1991. The now overgrown site is on the disused Leamside Line which connected {{rws|Durham}} and {{rws|Sunderland}} via the town to {{rws|Newcastle}}. The line was lifted and mothballed by Network Rail and partly is in use as an unmarked footpath. In June 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies called for a scheme funding the reopening of 33 stations (including the town's station) on 14 lines closed by the Beeching Axe and seven new-build parkway stations.NEWS,weblink Move to reinstate lost rail lines, 15 June 2009, 15 June 2009, BBC News, The first stage of a business case was published in 2022, this involved extending the Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington if Government funding was secured.WEB, Meechan, Simon, 2022-11-04, Washington Metro extension plans, map, new stations and next stage,weblink 2022-11-07, ChronicleLive, en,Notable people
{{More citations needed|section|date=July 2018}}- Gertrude Bell was born at Washington Hall.
- The musician Bryan Ferry (of Roxy Music fame) comes from Washington and attended Washington Grammar School (now Washington Academy).
- Heather Mills, notable for marrying Paul McCartney, attended Usworth Grange Primary School and Usworth Comprehensive School.
- The musician Toni Halliday from the band Curve went to Washington School (Comprehensive).
- Leeds United and England footballer Billy Furness was born in Washington and started his football career playing for Usworth Colliery
- Sunderland, Everton and England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was brought up in Washington.WEB,weblink Jordan Pickford, Everton F.C.,
- George Clarke - architect, television presenter, lecturer and writer was born in Sunderland and brought up in Washington.WEB, George Clarke,weblink 2023-07-06, www.ncl.ac.uk, en,
References
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{{Commons category|Washington, Tyne and Wear}}{{wikivoyage|Washington (England)}}- Detailed historical record about Washington "F" Pit
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160203200247weblink">Sunderland City Council
- Official Website Of The Galleries
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