Northumberland A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Northumberland.

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	Hint	Answer
A	Castle; seat of the Dukes of Northumberland	Alnwick Castle
B	Town on the Tweed	Berwick
C	Highest point	The Cheviot
D	The county's national parks are known for their protected dark skies
E	Railway line that crosses the county	East Coast Main Line
F	Housesteads and Vindolanda are examples of Roman forts
G	Wild goats can be found near C
H	Limit of the Roman world	Hadrian's Wall
I	Anglian king of Bernicia (hint: three letters long)	Ida
J	One might buy fruit preserves from Amble's "Mad Jam Woman"
K	Largest man-made lake in the UK	Kielder Water
L	Holy Island	Lindisfarne
M	Fifth-largest settlement; county town	Morpeth
N	Anglo-Saxon kingdom that stretched from the Humber to the Forth	Northumbria
O	Canonised king who united N	Oswald
P	Dish made of potatoes, onions, and cheese	Pan haggerty
Q	Country park near Ashington	Queen Elizabeth II
R	Bordering Scottish county	Roxburghshire
S	Iconic tree on H; recently cut down	Sycamore Gap
T	River on the border with County Durham	Tyne
U	Hard to pronounce "village of the owls"	Ulgham
V	People who raided L in 793	Vikings
W	Village known for a medieval castle and a hermitage	Warkworth
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Y	Hill near C with a pre-historic fort on top; perhaps a Bernician capital	Yeavering Bell
Z	What can be found at Kirkley Hall	Zoo

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