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Consett

British  
/ ˈkɒnsɪt /

noun

  1. a town in N England, in N Durham. Pop: 20 659 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Northumbrian Water has been supplying artificially fluoridated water since the late 1960s to Chester-le-Street, Consett, and Stanley in County Durham, Alnwick, Hexham and Cramlington in Northumberland and parts of North Tyneside, Newcastle and Gateshead.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025

Located in a former mining village, Mrs Brown's Post Office in Annfield Plain in County Durham had been named as one of the area's most successful branches, vying with larger ones in Consett and Chester-le-Street.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024

Councillor Dominic Haney, for Consett South, said it would be a "monster waste burner" and have a "devastating effect" on the nearby North Pennines area of outstanding natural beauty.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2022

The developer had wanted the incinerator to operate 24 hours a day on the site of the former Consett Steel Works.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2022

Richardson, employed at the Consett iron works, in the county of Durnham, England, received a shock from an arc-light plant, from the effects of which he died two hours later.

From The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 by Various

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