George Stephenson's cottage
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George Stephenson's cottage
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 25 Dec 2010
The birth place of George Stephenson on June 9th 1781. See other photo here Image The scene here around 1890 is shown in this photo from Newcastle Libraries http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4075536777 and even earlier here http://gerald-massey.org.uk/smiles/c_stephenson_02.htm#103 The cottage is described here http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/search/fr.cfm?rcn=NSMR03-10914
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Image Location
Latitude
54.979269
Longitude
-1.804824