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Wallsend , town (1991 pop. 44,542), North Tyneside metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River in the Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan area. Wallsend formerly had shipbuilding and engineering industries; today its economy centers around the manufacture of rope, glass, and computer chips. The town is the eastern terminus of Hadrian's Wall .

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Wallsend, England/UK Wallesende ‘End of the Wall’, a reference to its location at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Â© A Dictionary of British Place-Names 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Wallsend N. Tyne. Wallesende c.1085. ‘End of the (Roman) wall’. OE wall + ende.

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