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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 ]
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]
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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.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
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.
Gateshead Fell, a constituent part of the ancient County of Durham, [2] took its name from nearby Gateshead and the fact that the area was "a fell or common contigious to it". [3] It has existed in some form for over one thousand years, but little of that early history survives today. [ 2 ]
Saltwell Park is a Victorian park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Opened in 1876, the park was designed by Edward Kemp and incorporates the mansion and associated grounds of the Saltwellgate estate owner, William Wailes, who sold his estate to Gateshead Council for £35,000. Upon opening, it became known as "The People's Park". The park ...