North East towns

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Across
  1. 4. cathedral and university city on the river Wear (6)
  2. 5. town on the south side of the Tyne opposite its northern twin (5,7)
  3. 8. birthplace of George Stephenson (5)
  4. 11. ancestral home in south east Northumberland of a coal-owning family - their hall is now owned by the National Trust (6,7)
  5. 12. is this the end or the beginning of Hadrian's Wall? (8)
  6. 13. according to the TV series, this is a place on earth (7)
  7. 15. seaside town known for its lighthouse and Spanish City (7,3)
Down
  1. 1. town at the mouth of the river Tyne (9)
  2. 2. town in County Durham recently visited by Dominic Cummings (7,6)n
  3. 3. birthplace of Jack and Bobby Charlton (9)
  4. 6. home of the Venerable Bede (6)
  5. 7. their football team famously beat Leeds in the 1973 FA Cup(11)
  6. 9. destination of the bus that left Balmbras in 1862 (7)
  7. 10. home of the Sage and the Baltic (9)
  8. 14. port town at the north end of Seaton Sluice beach (5)