History of Aycliffe Village

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Synod at Great Aycliffe

782

782 AD. - A synod [council of the Church] was held at Great Aycliffe, in the county of Durham, and another was held here in the year 789.

From J. Sykes, 1833. Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Berwick upon Tweed, from the earliest period of authentic record, to the present time..Volume 1

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ROF Aycliffe

1941

During the Second World War, a huge munitions factory was built on marsh land near the village of Aycliffe in County Durham. The Royal Ordnance Factory - ROF Aycliffe - employed around 17,000 people, mostly women known as the "Aycliffe Angels". The factory operated 24 hours a day, with 3 shifts, undertaking hazardous work in producing bullets, shells and mines.

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