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Yes the Stephenson lamp was used in the North-East, the Davy Lamp elsewhere - basically because the courts ruled Davy had been first, but the North-East region disagreed. Stephenson was eventually cleared, but davy always claimed he had stolen the idea. Stephenson had a major fluke in his development, and that didn't sit well with the scientific community. Eventually a national standard was adopted and that being arranged down south, it was the Davy lamp that won out. It is the most plausible origin of the term 'geordie', but of course not the only one (King George etc).
Even though Bede used the word Geordie to describe the miners from the parishes of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow way back in the 7th century?
 
The maritime history of the river Tyne seems to have eclipsed the history of the river Wear. I don’t really understand why but the Tyne seems more well known.

It’s certainly more evident in popular culture.
 
The maritime history of the river Tyne seems to have eclipsed the history of the river Wear. I don’t really understand why but the Tyne seems more well known.

It’s certainly more evident in popular culture.
Because of the Fog on the Tyne?
 
Traditionally a lot of Sunderland's support came from Durham pit villages, too.

However, my suspicion is that Murray came up with this after choosing the stadium name.

Just think, we could've been the stadium of pit
 
Oh! Didn't know that!!
First time I heard about it was from an article many many years ago in the echo but I've never actually seen the original text which I presume was written in Latin anyway. I have seen the text where Bede says he was born in sundered land though so I'm guessing the bit where he describes the "coal miners of the Parishes of Monkwearmoth and Jarrow who name themselves Geordie" is also true.
 
Even though Bede used the word Geordie to describe the miners from the parishes of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow way back in the 7th century?

Many a partial truth touched on in jest.

The thing most people miss was that Bede was the first person to describe & record all the people of this land as being the Anglish (English) . He like the people who had settled in the north and east of the country were themselves Angles. Even now we still call part of that area East Anglia

However after the Norman invasion lots of people tended to consider to the population as being Saxon despite the Saxons mostly living in the south. Even in our tradition Robin Hood is always described as being a Saxon nobleman although had he lived around Nottingham its more than likely that he would have been an Angle. Its ironic then that King Harold (Godwinson d. 1066) is often described as being the last true "Anglish" King when he was of course most certainly a Saxon & is always referred to as such.

Why then with the Saxons apparently getting all the attention & publicity didn't we not all end up being called the Saxonish and our country Saxonland? The answer is because of Bede's preference for the Angles in the C8th and the huge influence of his writings.

Never mind then about Geordies & lamps Makems thanks to a local lad are the original English.
 
First time I heard about it was from an article many many years ago in the echo but I've never actually seen the original text which I presume was written in Latin anyway. I have seen the text where Bede says he was born in sundered land though so I'm guessing the bit where he describes the "coal miners of the Parishes of Monkwearmoth and Jarrow who name themselves Geordie" is also true.
Must say I’ve never heard of that before.
 
The Sunderland claim to fame was the biggest shipbuilding town in the world
This came about because all the Wear shipyards were in Sunderland .Unlike the Tyne and other rivers
 
The Sunderland claim to fame was the biggest shipbuilding town in the world
This came about because all the Wear shipyards were in Sunderland .Unlike the Tyne and other rivers
Over the last six centuries there were over 400 Registered shipyards on the Wear from the harbour mouth up to just past the Golden Lion at South Hylton, its pretty much recorded in the history of the country so that would to me suggest Sunderland is the home of shipbuilding
 
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