There was a battle in the north, And nobles there was many, And they hae kill'd Sir Charlie Hay, And they laid the wyte on Geordie. O he has written a lang letter, He sent it to his lady ...

But Geordie is different ... It turns out that people used to think that the name ‘Halifax’ came from the Old English halig feax meaning ‘holy hair’, based on a rumour that John the ...

But Geordie came eighth in the list, also behind Northern Irish, the King's English, Scottish and West Country. READ MORE: Great North Run ballot 2025 opens and here's how to enter before the ...