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Easington Greyhound Stadium
Easington Greyhound Stadium, also known as Moorfield Stadium, was a greyhound racing stadium in Sunderland Road, Easington, County Durham.
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Easington District
Easington was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in eastern County Durham, England. It contained the settlements of Easington, Seaham, Peterlee, Murton, Horden, Blackhall Colliery, Wingate and Castle Eden. It did not however include Easington Lane which is administered as part of the City of Sunderland.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Seaham urban district with most of Easington Rural District.
It had the lowest percentage of foreign-born residents in England at 1.2% (2001 census).
The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. An electoral ward in the name of Easington still exists. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 7,693.
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Easington (UK Parliament constituency)
Easington is a constituency created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Grahame Morris of the Labour Party.
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Hope Wood Academy
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Hope Wood Academy is an academy based in Easington Colliery, County Durham. The school caters for pupils aged 2–19 with Special Educational Needs.
Originally known as Glendene School, it converted to academy status since September 2012 and was renamed Glendene Arts Academy. It was formally reopened by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh following a £2.3 million refurbishment.
In 2014, a report was released by the Education Funding Agency—who are responsible for funding and monitoring the finances of free schools and academies—alleging financial mismanagement and demanding the school repay £162,000 of taxpayers' money. A spokesperson said that the school had engaged in a "serious mismanagement of funds" Following the publication of the report, three people connected to the school were arrested by police on suspicion of fraud and released on bail. No such irregularities were found and all charges against the three individuals were subsequently dropped without any action being taken.
The school has since been renamed Hope Wood Academy and is now sponsored by the Ascent Academies’ Trust.
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Hawthorn, County Durham
Hawthorn is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated between Seaham and Easington.
The only public building in the village of Hawthorn is the Staplyton Arms, a small public house situated in roughly the centre of the village.
Close by Hawthorn Dene's mouth, there was, until the late 1970s, a large Gothic Revival house, named "Hawthorn Towers"; once the family home of Major Anderson, who was connected with the Building of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge. It was later the home of the Pemberton family, including John Stapylton Grey Pemberton. It had a private railway halt whose platform can still be seen near the Hawthorn Dene viaduct.