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Originally Posted by MTVN
Jay's not from Sunderland?
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*cough*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Durham
Historically, Sunderland encompasses Durham and other areas....
County Durham /ˈdʌrəm/ is a
ceremonial county[2] and (smaller) unitary district in
North East England.
The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county (in its own unitary
Borough) is the town of
Darlington.
[3] The county has a mixture of mining and farming heritage, as well as a heavy railway industry, particularity in the southwest of the county in Darlington,
Shildon and
Stockton. Its economy was historically based on coal and iron mining.
[4] It is an area of regeneration and promoted as a tourist destination.
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