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West AucklandWest Auckland is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the south west of Bishop Auckland. West Auckland is famously the 'Home of the First World Cup', as its football team were the winners of the Thomas Lipton Trophy, the first international footballing competition, in its two initial years, and were therefore, by the rules of competition, awarded the trophy to keep in perpetutity. West Auckland is the site of the largest village green in Europe, and was home of the infamous serial killer Mary-Ann Cotton and birthplace of ex-Prime Minister Anthony Eden.
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