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Killingworth Village
Population9,746 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ2870
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode districtNE12
Dialling code0191
PoliceNorthumbria
FireTyne and Wear
AmbulanceNorth East
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Killingworth Village, sometimes known as "Old Killingworth", is a small village south of the modern town of Killingworth, and north of Forest Hall in North Tyneside, North East England.

St. John the Evangelist Church

The village church was designed by Bassett Keeling of London, and is faced with local stone, with bands of pink sandstone from a local quarry. It is surrounded by elm and sycamore trees, and ministers to a wide age-group including young families.

Public houses

There are two public houses in Killingworth Village: the Plough and The Killingworth Arms.
Killingworth Arms Football Club [1] is a Sunday league team, in the North East Sunday Football League Division D.

References

  1. ^ "North Tyneside ward population 2011". Retrieved 3 July 2015.