Newton Aycliffe: Difference between revisions

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|latitude= 54.62

|longitude= -1.58

|population = 33029,000

|shire_district= [[Sedgefield (borough)|Sedgefield]]

|region= North East England

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'''Newton Aycliffe''' is a very large town in [[County Durham]], [[England]]. Founded in [[1947]] under the New Towns Act of 1946, it is the oldest [[new town]] in the north of England. It has a population of about 33025,000 people. It is the largest town within the [[Sedgefield (borough)|Sedgefield]] constituency.

Prior to the Newtown development, Aycliffe (originally 'Acley') was the site of a Saxon settlement. The name Acley came from the Saxon words: 'Ac', meaning oak, and 'ley', meaning 'a clearing'. Aycliffe was the ___location of a church [[synods]] in AD 782 and AD 789.