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1774
In Northern England:
- "In January, 1774, the river Tyne was frozen over for about four miles below the bridge at Newcastle. On the 18th of this month, two young men skaited six miles in 15 minutes". (Eneas Mackenzie, 1827)
- 1774: building of Hamsterley Baptist Chapel (now a Grade II* listed building)
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