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Glossary

Spire

The pointed top of stone, slate or lead from a church tower. Medieval spires are rare - though there are two in Northumberland at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and Warkworth. A lead spire survives at Ryton (Tyne and Wear) - but many of these spires were melted down in the English Civil War for money.

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