[Thomas Bewick], [Blaydon Races (1)], [Blaydon Races (2)], [William and Catherine Booth], [Brandling Station], [Carter's Well], [William Clarke], [Clockburn Lonnen], [Crawcrook Pinfold], [Daniel Defoe], [Derwent Valley Railway (2 Plaques)], [Frederick W. Dobson & Thomas Young], [Dodds Sisters], [Ebenezer Chapel], [Emily Davies], [Emma Pit], [Murder of Sergeant Bill Forth], [Friars Goose Pumping Engine House], [Gateshead Dispensary], [Alex Glasgow], [Sergeant James D'Arcy Lees Graham], [The 1854 Fire], [Great Fire Stones], [High Level Bridge - Deck and West Pier], [Old Hollinside], [Arthur Holmes], [Kibblesworth Pit Head Wheel], [Lilley Brickworks], [Lockhaugh Viaduct], [Royal Visit to Marley Hill], [Oakwellgate Baths], [Pipe Bridge], [George "Geordie" Ridley], [River Police Station], [Ryton Pinfold], [Scotswood Bridge], [Summerhouse Hill], [Joseph Swan], [A. Thompson & Co], [Tyne Bridge], [Tyne Bridges], [William Wailes], [Robert Spence Watson], [New Western Way], [Whinfield Coke Ovens], [Winlaton Mill], [Forthcoming Plaques]
Frederick W. Dobson & Thomas Young
| Erected: | 8 Jul 2007 |
| Erected by: | High Spen Primary School and a local community group. |
| Description: | Rectangular sandstone memorial erected beside a steel cut-out depicting a WWI soldier - a railway track, symbolic of local industry, separates the two parts. The rear of the stone features hand-prints of relatives of the two soldiers. |
| Location: | Grounds of High Spen Primary School beside Hugar Road (B6315). |
| Coords: | NZ 13929 59479 N54°55.7893' W001°47.0496' N54.929822 W001.784160 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| LEST WE FORGET L/CPL F W DOBSON VC COLSTREAM GUARDS 1886-1935 PTE T YOUNG VC DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY 1895-1966 WHOSE BRAVERY SAVED TEN LIVES 1914-1918 |
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| Checked: | 7 Jul 2007 |
| Links: | High Spen Primary School Website F.W. Dobson (Wikipedia) Thomas Young (Wikipedia) |
Sergeant James D'Arcy Lees Graham
| Erected: | 22 Jan 2007 |
| Erected by: | Philip Smith of the of the Air Crash Investigation & Archaeology Grroup |
| Description: | Rectangular brass plaque. |
| Location: | Marley Hill Community Centre - on the corridor wall outside the main hall. |
| Coords: | NZ 20480 58203 N54°55.0881' W001°40.9212' N54.918136 W001.682020 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| IN MEMORY OF SERGEANT PILOT JAMES D'ARCY LEES GRAHAM R77959 R.C.A.F. KILLED WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE MKI P3664 FROM No. 55 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT R.A.F. USWORTH CRASHED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT ON 10th FEBRUARY 1942 NEAR HERE AT HIGH MARLEY HILL AGED 24 HE IS BURIED AT CASTLETOWN CEMETERY, SUNDERLAND SGT. J.D.L. GRAHAM OF CARSTAIRS, ALBERTA, CANADA 27.12.1917 - 10.2.1942 HE IS NOT FORGOTTEN "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" PLAQUE PRESENTED BY PHILIP SMITH OF THE AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION & ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP PLAQUE UNVEILED BY THE MAYOR OF GATESHEAD COUNCILLOR MAUREEN GOLDSWORTH & DEDICATED BY THE REVEREND BOB HOPPER ON MONDAY 22nd. JANUARY 2007 IN MEMORY OF ALL RANKS WHO SERVED WITH No. 55 O.T.U. AT R.A.F. USWORTH FROM FEB, 1941 TO APR. 1942 |
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| Checked: | 22 Jan 2007 |
| Links: | Sergeant Pilot James D'Arcy Lees Graham - Sunniside Local History Society |
Alex Glasgow
| Erected: | 2006 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Front of 59 Church Road, Low Fell. |
| Coords: | NZ 26280 60319 N54°56.2124' W001°35.4808' N54.936874 W001.591347 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | Text is too small to be read from public footpath. Plaque bears the date "2005" because the unveiling was planned for October of that year. However, the ceremony was postponed until March 2006 to coincide with the visit of Paddy Glasgow, widow of Alex, to the area. |
| Text: | |
| ALEX GLASGOW (1935-2001) Singer, songwriter and composer of the songs for 'Close the Coalhouse Door'. He lived here for many years before emigrating to Australia. |
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| Checked: | 15 Mar 2006 |
Joseph Swan
| Erected: | 31 Oct 2005 |
| Erected by: | Gatehead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On the west wall near the NW corner of Underhill Residential Home, Kell's Lane, Low Fell. (Cheviot Housing Association). |
| Coords: | NZ 26217 60636 N54°56.3837' W001°35.5380' N54.939728 W001.592300 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | In private grounds but appears to be readily accessible. |
| Text: | |
| SIR JOSEPH WILSON SWAN (1828-1914) lived here 1869-1883. A physicist and chemist, his experiments here led to him inventing the first electric light bulb. Underhill was the first house in the world to be wired for domestic electric lighting. |
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Dodds Sisters
| Erected: | 20 Oct 2005 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Beside footpath on the garden wall of Home House. (At the junction of Church Road and Kell's Lane, Low Fell). |
| Coords: | NZ 25920 59965 N54°56.0227' W001°35.8198' N54.933712 W001.596997 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| DODDS SISTERS HOPE (1885-1972), RUTH (1890-1976) & SYLVIA (1892-1969) lived here. They founded the Little Theatre, Saltwell View. Ruth Dodds was made an honorary freeman of Gateshead in 1965. |
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Arthur Holmes
| Erected: | 20 Sep 2005 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On the front of 19 Primrose Hill, Low Fell. |
| Coords: | NZ 26143 60205 N54°56.1515' W001°35.6097' N54.935858 W001.593494 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| ARTHUR HOLMES (1890-1965) One of the most important geoscientists of the 20th century and author of 'Principles of Physical Geology'. He lived here in his early years and attended Gateshead Secondary School. |
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| Links: | Arthur Holmes: An Ingenious Geoscientist Arthur Holmes Arthur Holmes (Wikipedia) |
William Clarke
| Erected: | 29 Jul 2005 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On roadside on the wall in front of High Fell Club, Old Durham Road. |
| Coords: | NZ 26327 61165 N54°56.6686' W001°35.4324' N54.944476 W001.590535 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| WILLIAM CLARKE (1831-1890) Industrialist and Co-Founder of Clarke Chapman lived in the Hermitage, which stood on this site. |
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William and Catherine Booth
| Erected: | 16 Jun 2005 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On front of 15 Woodbine Terrace, Gateshead |
| Coords: | NZ 25276 62421 N54°57.3492' W001°36.4096' N54.955816 W001.606832 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | The plaque is at the end of a long private garden. |
| Text: | |
| WILLIAM BOOTH (1829-1912) Founder of the Salvation Army and CATHERINE BOOTH (1829-1890) Co-founder, the 'Army Mother', lived here 1858-1861. Catherine preached her first sermon in Gateshead in 1860. |
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| Links: | William Booth and Revival on Tyneside |
William Wailes
| Erected: | May 2005 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Saltwell Towers in Saltwell Park Gateshead - on the east side of the north face. |
| Coords: | NZ 25452 60986 N54°56.5749' W001°36.2524' N54.942912 W001.604210 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| WILLIAM WAILES (1808 - 1881) Prominent stained glass manufacturer lived here from 1862 until his death. He designed and built Saltwell Towers before selling it to Gateshead Corporation in 1875. |
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Tyne Bridge
| Erected: | 2003 |
| Erected by: | Borough of Gateshead / City of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Description: | Black circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | South tower ofthe Tyne Bridge - on the west side of the south facing wall. |
| Coords: | NZ 25363 63684 N54°58.0297' W001°36.3217' N54.967162 W001.605362 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| 1928 2003 TYNE BRIDGE 75TH ANNIVERSARY Designed by Mott, Hay & Anderson. Constructed by Dorman Long & Co. Opened 10th October 1928 by HM King George V accompanied by HM Queen Mary |
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Carter's Well
| Erected: | 1995 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On a wall on the west side of Durham Road, Low Fell (A167) opposite Southern Memorial Hall (part of Wesley Memorial Church). |
| Coords: | NZ 25767 60054 N54°56.0711' W001°35.9626' N54.934521 W001.599376 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| CARTER'S WELL Of ancient origin and the main water supply in Low Fell until the end of the 19th century. Restored 1994. |
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Daniel Defoe
| Erected: | 1995 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Hillgate at the foot of the footpath to The Sage. (Under the Tyne Bridge). |
| Coords: | NZ 25387 63684 N54°58.0296' W001°36.2992' N54.967160 W001.604987 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| DANIEL DEFOE (1660-1731) A prolific journalist, pamphleteer, author and sometime merchant adventurer and government spy. Author of "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders". He livedin Gateshead c.1706-10. It is believed his lodgings were in Hillgate. |
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Emily Davies
| Erected: | 1995 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On a wall on the east side of Bensham Road near the junction with Rectory Road. |
| Coords: | NZ 24767 62229 N54°57.2472' W001°36.8880' N54.954116 W001.614796 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| EMILY DAVIES (1830-1921) A pioneer both of women's education and the campaign for votes for women. Founder of Girton College, Cambridge. She was a daughter of the Rector of Gateshead and lived her early life in the Rectory which stood on this site. |
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George "Geordie" Ridley
| Erected: | 1995 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On the side wall of the William IV Public House on High Street, Gateshead. |
| Coords: | NZ 25689 62935 N54°57.6247' W001°36.0206' N54.960414 W001.600337 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| GEORGE "GEORDIE" RIDLEY (1835 - 64) A music hall singer and composer of "Blaydon Races" among many other popular songs. He lived in a previous building on this site. |
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Robert Spence Watson
| Erected: | 1995 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Bensham Grove - on a wall on the west side of Bensham Road. |
| Coords: | NZ 24684 61999 N54°57.1233' W001°36.9664' N54.952054 W001.616112 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| ROBERT SPENCE WATSON (1837 - 1911) Bensham Grove was home to Robert Spence Watson who enjoyed a national prominence in both artistic and political circles. His visitors included William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A noted arbitrator in industrial disputes, pacifist and Liberal politician. |
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Murder of Sergeant Bill Forth
| Erected: | 1993 |
| Erected by: | Police Memorial Trust |
| Description: | Marble plaque with gold lettering. |
| Location: | Sun Hill, Sunniside. On grassed area on the south-east side ofthe main road through Sunniside (A692) beside the bus stop and opposite Lloyd's Pharmacy. |
| Coords: | NZ 20938 58730 N54°55.3709' W001°40.4907' N54.922849 W001.674844 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| NEAR HERE FELL Sgt WILLIAM FORTH 21st MARCH 1993 |
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| Checked: | 9 Mar 2006 |
| Links: | Unveiling of memorial. A Century of Sacrifice Tony Blair Unveils Memorial |
Tyne Bridges
| Erected: | 1991 |
| Erected by: | City of Newcastle upon Tyne/Institution of Civil Engineers Northern Counties Association |
| Description: | Red circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On west side of the north pier of the Swing Brdge - at Quayside level. |
| Coords: | NZ 25173 63763 N54°58.0728' W001°36.4991' N54.967881 W001.608323 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| 1891 1991 Centenary Award for Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement. THE TYNE BRIDGES Landmarks which have become The Symbols of Tyneside. |
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Blaydon Races (2)
| Erected: | 1990s? |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Dark blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Left of the entrance arch at the west end of Blaydon Shopping Centre. |
| Coords: | NZ 18489 63402 N54°57.8958' W001°42.7646' N54.964930 W001.712743 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| BLAYDON RACES "We flew across theChain Bridge reet into Blaydon toon, The bellman he was callin' there-they call him Jackey Broon." John Brown, the Blaydon bellman lived near here in Wesley Place. He died in 1901 aged 82 and is buried in Blaydon cemetery. |
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| Checked: | 7 Mar 2006 |
Emma Pit
| Erected: | 1989 |
| Erected by: | Andrew Golightly Lyd |
| Description: | Black rectangular granite plaque. |
| Location: | On south-easrt side of the B6317 road at Barmoor Ryton in the corner of a field next to the Ryton, Crawcrook and District Youth Centre. |
| Coords: | NZ 14270 63905 N54°58.1752' W001°46.7175' N54.969586 W001.778620 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| THE SITE OF EMMA PIT 1845-1968 TO COMMEMORATE THE COAL MINERS WHO WORKED THIS AREA FOR OVER 600 YEARS. ERECTED 1989 BY ANDREW GOLIGHTLY LTD A TRIBUTE FROM THESURFACE MINERS OF TODAY TO THE DEEP MINERS OF YESTERDAY. |
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Ebenezer Chapel
| Erected: | 15 Jan 1988 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Grey circular metal plaque mounted on stone plinth below foundation stone of former chapel . |
| Location: | On north side of Market Lane, Swalwell opposite junction with Napier Road. |
| Coords: | NZ 20417 62233 N54°57.2609' W001°40.9631' N54.954349 W001.682719 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| EBENEZER CHAPEL Built 1750. -- THE FOUNDATION STONE FROM THE FORMER EBENEZER CHAPEL WHICH STOOD ON THIS SITE AND WAS DEMOLISHED IN MAY 1976 THIS MARKER WAS RAISED BY THE INITIATIVE OF THE FORMER CHURCH ELDERS. IT WAS CARRIED OUT BY OFFICERS OF THE GATESHEAD COUNCIL AND ITS COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES UNIT AND SPONSORED BY THE MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION IN 1987 ------------------- THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION IS HELD BY GATESHEAD CENTRAL LIBRARY |
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Crawcrook Pinfold
| Erected: | 1986/87 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Grey circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | In a seating area beside the traffic lights at the junction of Main Street and Greenside Road, Crawcrook. |
| Coords: | NZ 13470 63534 N54°57.9763' W001°47.4677' N54.966274 W001.791134 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| CRAWCROOK PINFOLD REPUTED TO BE A MEDIEVAL PINFOLD OR POUND FOR STRAY ANIMALS THE RETORATION WORK ORIGINATED FROM THE WORK OF THE DOMESDAY PROJECT BYTHECHILDREN OF THE KEPIER CHARE PRIMARY SCHOOL. IT WAS CARRIED OUT BY OFFICERS OF THE GATESHEAD COUNCIL AND IT'S COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES UNIT AND SPONSORED BY THE MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION |
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River Police Station
| Erected: | 1986 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC / Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Grey circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Beside Swing Bridge approach road on the side of the former Police Station. (La Riviera Restaurant) |
| Coords: | NZ 25271 63636 N54°58.0042' W001°36.4082' N54.966735 W001.606803 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| RIVER POLICE STATION Encouraged by local ship owners, the Admiralty formed the first River Police on 4th August, 1845 with 21 men and 6 rowing boats. This station was built in 1910, Fenwicke and Watson, architects. |
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Clockburn Lonnen
| Theme: | [Derwent Walk Country Park] |
| Erected: | [1984] |
| Erected by: | [Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC] |
| Location: | [Believed to be on, under or near the stone bridge which carries the Derwent Walk over Clockburn Lonnen.] |
| Coords: | NZ 18712 60420 N54°56.2874' W001°42.5676' N54.938123 W001.709459 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | Not located, believed missing. The illustrated concrete structure is located on the NE side of Clockburn Lonnen, just south of the bridge taking the Lonnen under the Derwent Walk, and may be the former location of the plaque. |
| Checked: | 22 June 2005 |
Derwent Valley Railway (2 Plaques)
| Theme: | [Derwent Walk Country Park] |
| Erected: | [1984] |
| Erected by: | [Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC] |
| Comments: | Not located, believed missing. |
| Checked: | 22 Jun 2005 |
Old Hollinside
| Theme: | Derwent Walk Country Park |
| Erected: | 1984 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Green circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | High on SE wall of Old Hollinside. |
| Coords: | NZ 18554 59918 N54°56.0171' W001°42.7175' N54.933618 W001.711958 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| OLD HOLLINSIDE 13th Century medieval manor built in local sandstone. The house belonged to the Harding family for 200 years before becoming part of the Gibside Estate in 1732. |
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| Checked: | 22 Jun 2005 |
Lilley Brickworks
| Theme: | Derwent Walk Country Park |
| Erected: | 1984 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Black circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On wall of former colliery/brickworks offices (now a private residence) situated beside the A694 road oposite the junction with Sherburn Park Drive, Rowlands Gill.. |
| Coords: | NZ 16867 59199 N54°55.6330' W001°44.2997' N54.927216 W001.738328 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | In private yard on the side of the building facing away from the public road. Not visible from any public area. |
| Text: | |
| LILLEY BRICKWORKS Coke ovens built by the Priestman Colliery Company were converted in 1890 to produce common bricks for use in their collieries. The works closed in 1976. |
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| Checked: | 22 Jun 2005 |
Lockhaugh Viaduct
| Theme: | Derwent Walk Country Park |
| Erected: | 1984 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC |
| Comments: | Missing - possibly never erected. |
| Checked: | 22 Jun 2005 |
New Western Way
| Theme: | Derwent Walk Country Park |
| Erected: | 1984 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC |
| Comments: | Not located, believed missing. |
| Checked: | 22 Jun 2005 |
Winlaton Mill
| Theme: | Derwent Walk Country Park |
| Erected: | 1984 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC |
| Location: | [Said to be on the SE side of the Butterfly Bridge, Winlaton Mill.] |
| Coords: | NZ 18640 60477 N54°56.3183' W001°42.6348' N54.938638 W001.710579 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | Not located, believed missing. The image is of Village Street, Winlaton Mill (Courtesy of AL Brown of Lemington.) |
| Checked: | 22 Jun 2005 |
| Links: | Tony Brown's "Ironmasters of the Derwent Valley" |
A. Thompson & Co
| Erected: | 1983 |
| Erected by: | Wm Low |
| Description: | Rectangular metal plaque with black lettering on a white background. |
| Location: | Left side of front wall of the Tesco Supermarket, Rowlands Gill. |
| Coords: | NZ 16501 58327 N54°55.1635' W001°44.6453' N54.919392 W001.744089 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| A. THOMPSON & CO: FROM 1922 TO 1983 MR. ARTHUR THOMPSON AND HIS SON MR. KENNETH THOMPSON RENDERED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ROWLANDS GILL FROM THE GARAGE WHICH FORMERLY STOOD ON THIS SITE. |
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| Checked: | 3 Oct 2005 |
Gateshead Dispensary
| Erected: | 1982 |
| Erected by: | The Gateshead Dispenary Charity/Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Grey circular metal plaque above a smaller rectangular slate plaque. |
| Location: | To the right of the main door to the Old Dispensary, Nelson Street, Gateshead. |
| Coords: | NZ 25469 63306 N54°57.8257' W001°36.2244' N54.963759 W001.603740 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| THE GATESHEAD DISPENSARY 1832-1946 Founded after the outbreak of cholera in 1831 to assist in preserving the public health and make medicine available to the poor. The Dispenary occupied this house 1855-1946. -- This plaque was unveiled on the12th October 1982 in the 150th anniversary year of the Charity by the Mayr of Gateshead, Councillor R.Rudge J.P. to mark its achievement for Gateshead. |
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| Checked: | 11 May 2003 |
High Level Bridge - Deck and West Pier
| Theme: | George Stephenson Bicentenary |
| Erected: | 1981 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC |
| Coords: | NZ 25150 63660 N54°58.0174' W001°36.5215' N54.966957 W001.608691 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | Currently inaccessible (Jan 2006) because of repair work.. |
| Checked: | 28 Jun 2005 |
Brandling Station
| Erected: | 1978 |
| Erected by: | Tyne andWear CC/Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Just east of Felling Metro Station, on the north wall of the old station building facing Mulberry Street. |
| Coords: | NZ 27626 62123 N54°57.1810' W001°34.2100' N54.953017 W001.570167 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| BRANDLING STATION The original Felling Station built in 1842 for the Brandling Junction Railway. One of the oldest passenger stations in England. Restored 1978. |
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| Checked: | 28 Jun 2005 |
The 1854 Fire
| Erected: | 1978 replaced 2004 |
| Erected by: | (1978) Tyne and Wear CC/Gateshead MBC - (2004) Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Blue circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | Off Hillgate on the east face of the south tower of the Tyne Bridge. |
| Coords: | NZ 25390 63701 N54°58.0388' W001°36.2963' N54.967313 W001.604939 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | The earlier plaque was stolen and replaced in 2004. |
| Text: | |
| THE 1854 FIRE The site of Wilson's spinning mill which caught fire and exploded late on the 5th October 1854 causing the great fire at Newcastle Quayside from Sandhill to Fenwick's Entry. - THE 1854 FIRE The site of Wilson's worsted factory which caught fire early on the 6th October 1854. The fire spread to a chemical warehouse which exploded. The Quaysides on both sides of the river suffered severe damage. 53 died. |
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| Checked: | 17 Jul 2002/16 Oct 2005 |
Oakwellgate Baths
| Erected: | 1978 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC / Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Gateshead's first public baths and washhouses which were built at a cost of £4300 and opened in 1855. |
| Location: | Oakwellgate Baths were located on the east side of Oakwellgate where The Sage bus park is now situated - i.e. just south of The Sage itself. |
| Coords: | NZ 25533 63642 N54°58.0065' W001°36.1626' N54.966775 W001.602710 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | Building demolished - plaque not relocated. |
| Checked: | 29 Jun 2005 |
Ryton Pinfold
| Erected: | 1977 |
| Erected by: | Tyne andWear CC/Gateshead MBC |
| Description: | Black circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On side of stone encloure at the junction of Barmoor Lane and River Lane, Ryton Village. |
| Coords: | NZ 15020 64675 N54°58.5889' W001°46.0117' N54.976484 W001.766864 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Text: | |
| RYTON PINFOLD An enclosure in which stray animals were impounded until claimed on payment of a fine, has existed on this site since the 12th century. Restored and repaired by the RYTON HERITAGE GROUP in 1974 |
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| Checked: | 25 Jun 2005 |
Summerhouse Hill
| Erected: | 1977 |
| Erected by: | Tyne & Wear CC / Winlaton LHS |
| Description: | Grey circular plaque. |
| Location: | On tower at the top of Summerhouse Hill, west of Blaydon village. |
| Coords: | NZ 17689 63513 N54°57.9573' W001°43.5140' N54.965955 W001.725237 |
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| Comments: | Missing. Commemorated 1977 restoration. |
| Checked: | 27 Jun 2005 |
Blaydon Races (1)
| Erected: | 1976 replaced 1984 |
| Erected by: | Tyne and Wear CC / Winlaton LHS |
| Description: | Brown circular metal plaque. |
| Location: | On brick structure on NE side of Stella Road (B6317) opposite and a little NW of Caroline Terrace. Previously situated on the now demolished Blaydon Races Hotel (Stella Staiths Hotel) which was just west of Caroline Terrace. |
| Coords: | NZ 17622 63883 N54°58.1567' W001°43.5753' N54.969282 W001.726261 |
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| BLAYDON RACES Official racing started in 1861 on Blaydon Island which lay North of here. The song was written in 1862. From 1887 to 1914 the race course was on Stella Haugh, the site of the former power station. |
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| Checked: | 25 Jun 2005 |
Friars Goose Pumping Engine House
| Erected: | 1970s? |
| Location: | On the Engine House which is located on Riverside Park off Tyne Main Road near the junction with Green Lane. |
| Coords: | NZ 27529 63131 N54°57.7249' W001°34.2948' N54.962078 W001.571583 |
| Maps: | Link to GoogleMaps Link to Streetmaps Link to Multimap Link to Live Local |
| Comments: | Missing. |
| Checked: | 28 Jun 2005 |
Kibblesworth Pit Head Wheel
| Erected: | 1970s |
| Description: | Rectangular metal plaque. |
| Location: | At the junction of Front Street and Grange Terrace, Kibblesworth - on the east side of the brick base of the preserved pit-head wheel. |
| Coords: | NZ 24310 56723 N54°54.2796' W001°37.3433' N54.904661 W001.622396 |
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| Comments: | Plaque partially buried by flower bed and even the exposed part of the plaque cannot be easily seen for most of the year as it obscured by flowers. |
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| THIS WHEEL IS TO COMMEMORATE THE END OF THE COAL MINING ERA IN KIBBLESWORTH IN OCTOBER 1974. [remainder buried] |
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| Checked: | 24 Jun 2005 |
Pipe Bridge
| Erected: | 1970s? |
| Location: | Grassed area beside B6315 road between Stewartsfield and Valley View, Rowlands Gill.. |
| Coords: | NZ 15709 58475 N54°55.2448' W001°45.3862' N54.920747 W001.756437 |
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| Comments: | Stolen from brick plinth. |
| Checked: | 15 Jul 2005 |
Scotswood Bridge
| Erected: | 1967 |
| Description: | Rectangular metal plaque. |
| Location: | In the middle of the New Scotswood Bridge (1967) on the handrail on the downstream (east) side of the bridge. |
| Coords: | NZ 19959 63638 N54°58.0194' W001°41.3865' N54.966993 W001.689773 |
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| The old Scotswood Bridge crossed the river 110 feet downstream of this point & was completed in 1831, being at that time one of the longest spans in the world (367 ft.) The suspension chains which gave rise to its name of the Chain Bridge were replaced in 1931 by wire ropes (which had been used in the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge) when the deck wasreconstructed. The old bridge was demolished in 1967 leaving only the north abutment to show the old crossing point. |
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| Checked: | 27 Jun 2005 |
Whinfield Coke Ovens
| Erected: | 1960s? |
| Erected by: | National Coal Board |
| Description: | Rectangular stone plaque. |
| Location: | On preserved coke oven No 109 at west end of Whinfield Industrial Estate, Highfield, behind premises of "HMG" (Hamsterley Mill Garage). |
| Coords: | NZ 15180 58132 N54°55.0609' W001°45.8825' N54.917681 W001.764708 |
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| NATIONAL COAL BOARD THESE OVENS ARE PART OF THE LAST BEEHIVE COKE OVENS TO OPERATE IN GREAT BRITAIN 1860 - 19?? |
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| Checked: | 23 Jun 2005 |
Royal Visit to Marley Hill
| Erected: | 1936 |
| Erected by: | Marley Hill Miners' Welfare Hall |
| Description: | Rectangular bronze plaque with white lettering. |
| Location: | Marley Hill Community Centre - on the corridor wall outside the main hall. |
| Coords: | NZ 20480 58203 N54°55.0881' W001°40.9212' N54.918136 W001.682020 |
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| THIS TABLET IS TO COMMEMORATE THE VISIT OF T.R.H. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK TO MARLEY HILL MINERS' WELFARE HALL ON JULY 29TH. 1936 |
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| Checked: | 10 Mar 2006 |
Thomas Bewick
| Erected: | 1928 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead Borough |
| Description: | Rectangular metal plaque above a pink marble plaque. |
| Location: | On the front of the former Post Office on West Street, Gateshead. |
| Coords: | NZ 25460 63271 N54°57.8069' W001°36.2327' N54.963445 W001.603883 |
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| 1828-1928 THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF THOMAS BEWICK WAS COMMEMORATED ON 8TH NOVEMBER 1928 ALD. W.E. WARDILL J.P. - MAYOR W.SWINBURNE - TOWN CLERK -- UPON THE SITE OF THIS BUILDING STOOD THE HOUSE WHERIN LIVED AND DIED THOMAS BEWICK THE WOOD ENGRAVER BORN 1755 DIED 1828 |
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| Checked: | 30 Apr 2003 |
Great Fire Stones
| Erected: | 1860s moved 1985 |
| Erected by: | Gateshead Borough |
| Location: | Half-way along Church Walk which skirts the northern boundary wall of St Mary's churchyard. |
| Coords: | NZ 25453 63701 N54°58.0386' W001°36.2373' N54.967310 W001.603955 |
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| THESE STONES WITH BURNING TIMBER AND RED HOT IRON BARS WERE BLOWN ONTO THE ROOF, AND INTO THE CHURCH, BY THE EXPLOSION IN HILLGATE OCTR. 6TH.1854. WEIGHT OF THE LARGEST STONE ABT. 6 CWT. -- THESE STONES WERE REMOVED FROM ST. MARY'S CHURCHYARD TO CHURCHWALK IN FEBY. 1985 |
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| Checked: | 11 May 2003 |
| Forthcoming Plaques |
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Gateshead's Blue Plaques are currently obtained from Leander Architectural .