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Sheriff Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.It lies on the B1296 road 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Gateshead, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of the historic city of Durham.
St John's Church, Gateshead Fell, is in Church Road, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Gateshead, the archdeaconry of Sunderland, and the diocese of Durham. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [2]
Sheriff Hill Colliery or Ellison Main Colliery was a coal mine at Gateshead Fell in County Durham, England. The colliery had two shafts and provided employment to the residents of Sheriff Hill , after it opened in 1793.
As a result, Sheriff Hill Colliery operated two main shafts- Fanny Pit and Isabella Pit. Fanny Pit was some 535 feet above sea level and plumbed a depth of some 804 feet (as of 1894). [ 12 ] Isabella, on the other hand, was slightly shallower with a total shaft depth of 738 feet (as of 1894).
Sheriff Hill Lunatic Asylum was situated on Sour Milk Hill Lane, Sheriff Hill, during the nineteenth century. [2] Wesleyan records circa 1830 note that "Sheriff Hill Lunatic Asylum is pleasantly situated on an ninence, about two-and-a-half miles south of Gateshead, from which a fine aspect of Ravensworth and its vicinity may be obtained". [ 3 ]
Windy Nook is an area in Tyne and Wear, England, bordered by Carr Hill to the west, Whitehills Estate and Leam Lane Estate to the east, Felling to the north and Sheriff Hill to the south. It lies on steep, sloping land 2.25 miles (3.62 km) south of Gateshead , 2.75 miles (4.43 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of Durham .
The hospital has its origins in the Sheriff Hill Isolation Hospital. [1] The first building was completed in 1878 and others were added later. The 4-acre (1.6 ha) site was enclosed by a large stone wall tipped with barbed wire and broken glass, [2] and by 1903 the hospital comprised a main block with an administrative building in the centre with a ward block on each side, [3] another three ...
Carr Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.It is bordered by Felling to the north, Sheriff Hill to the south, Windy Nook to the east and Deckham to the west.