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The old town hall also served as a magistrates' court and a police station. [5] In 1892 an ornamental clock (By Gillett & Johnston ), which is Grade II listed and stands in front of the town hall, [ 8 ] was presented to Gateshead by the mayor, Walter de Lancey Willson, on the occasion of him being elected for a third time. [ 5 ]
Gateshead (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ t s (h) ɛ d /) is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
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The town of Gateshead was an ancient borough, having been granted a charter in 1164 from Hugh Pudsey, the Bishop of Durham. [5] The borough's functions were relatively limited until 1836, when it was made a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.
The Team Valley Line from Gateshead to Durham via Chester-le-Street opened to passengers on 1 December 1868, and on that day, a second pair of platforms at Gateshead opened to serve that line; these were known as Gateshead West, and the original pair became Gateshead East.
From the southern end of Old Durham Road, the steep slope north towards central Gateshead is apparent and the cityscape of Newcastle upon Tyne is clearly visible. Deckham, at latitude 54.95° N and longitude 1.59 ° W, lies less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south and east of Gateshead town centre between two main transport corridors; Sunderland Road to ...
High Spen is an old mining village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, historically part of County Durham, England.First recorded in 1379 as a small hamlet called ‘Spen’, the settlement grew in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries with the growth of coal mining in the region.
The civic centre was commissioned to replace the aging 19th century town hall in West Street. [1] After Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in April 1986, Gateshead Council took on significant extra responsibilities from the county council and the old town hall was considered inadequate for the expanded role. [2]