Northumberland Trivia

Based on the clues, name these things associated with the county of Northumberland.

*official county town and seat of county government are in two separate towns

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Hint	Answer
County towns*	Alnwick
County towns*	Morpeth
Monastery island home to a key Celtic Christian centre	Holy Island
Famous document produced at the above	Lindisfarne Gospels
Family name of the Dukes of Northumberland	Percy
Most famous family member of above	Henry Percy
Native musical instrument	Northumbrian Pipes
Legendary cross-border raiders	Border Reivers
Defensive towers built to stop the above	Peel Towers
Major mining product	Coal
Local dialect spoken by miners	Pitmatic
Bordering Counties	Tyne and Wear
	County Durham
	Cumbria
Bordering Home Nation	Scotland
Famous gardener	Capability Brown
Tea named after a local dignitary	Earl Grey
Engineer and 'Father of Railways'	George Stephenson
Wall running across the south of the county	Hadrian's Wall
Over 20% of the county is designated as this	National Park