A Short History of Gateshead

 © Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, 1998

Index

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUWY

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A

• Abbot, John & Co., 82
• Adda, 1
• Allhusen, Christian, 85
• Anchorage, 41, 45
• Asylums, 59

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B

• Bailiff, 3, 96, 37, 99, 40
• Bailey Chare, 24, 30
• Barlow New Town, 61-62
• Barns Close, 23-4, 75
• Bede, 1
• Bensham, 55, 60, 76, 77, 78
  • Asylum, 59
  • Hall, 27
  • Town Fields, 16-17, 39-44
• Bethesda Chapel, 34
• Birtley, 8, 42
• Bishops of Durham, 2, 3, 4, 25, 31, 36-39, 40
  • de Puiset, 2
  • Pilkington, 12
  • Tunstall, 5
  • Walcher, 10-11
• Blaydon, 8, 42
• Board of Guardians, 50-54
• Boldon Book, 3
• Booth, William, 34
• Borough-holders, 16, 37, 40
• Bottle Bank, 1, 22, 23, 93
  • Goat Inn, 109
• Brandling Junction Railway, 35, 98, 99
• Bridges, 101, 106
  • High Level, 20, 33, 34, 81, 102-3, 105
  • High Team, 106
  • King Edward, 35, 104
  • Low Team, 106
  • Swing, 1, 103
  • Tyne
    • Roman, 1, 101
    • medieval, 14-16, 31, 101-102
    • Eighteenth century, 20, 22, 93, 102, 103
    • Modern, 4, 58, 104-5
• Bus Services, 97-98
• Bush Inn, 31
• Busy Burn, 24
• Butter Cross, Ravensworth, 35
• Butts, The, 44

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C

• Canals, 101
• Cannon Inn
  • New, 30, 115
  • Old, 115
• Carr Hill, 61, 117
  • Pottery, 78
  • Reservoir, 108-109
  • Windmills, 77
• Charles I, 31
• Chemical Manufacturing, 84-86
• Cholera, 55-56, 116-117
• Church Street, 1, 23, 93
• Cinemas, 69-70
• Civil War, 13
• Clapham, Anthony, 85
• Claremont Place, 60
• Clarke, Chapman-John Thompson, 28, 84
• Clasper, Harry, 70
• Clay tobacco pipes, 90
• Coal and coal mining, 4, 5, 6, 13, 17-19, 37, 47, 73-75
• Coat of Arms, 42
• Coatsworth Road, 28, 60
• Cockfighting, 63
• Collinson, John, 47
• Common Fields, see Town Fields
• Cotesworth. William, 28, 79
• Council, 7, 8, 41, 112
• Cromwell, Oliver, 38
• Crowley, Sir Ambrose, 79, 81

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D

• Davidson, George, 88
• Deckham Hall, 27
• Defoe Daniel, 31
• Derwent, River, 15
• Dispensary, 7, 33, 56
• Drunkeness, 64-65
• Dixon, Corbitt, 89
• Dudley, John, 5
• Durham Road, 25, 115

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E

• Electricity Supply, 113
• Ellison, Cuthbert, 29, 33
• Ellison Street, 29, 33
• Engineering, 79-84

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F

• Fairs, see Markets and Fairs
• Felling, 8, 42
• Field House, 27
  • Estate, 26
• Fire & Explosion, $$1854$$, 19-21, 32, 56
• Fisheries, 3
• Flood of $$1771$$, 14-16
• Forests, 2, 3
• Fountain View, 54
• Four & Twenty, 38
• Freemen, 16, 37, 40
• Friars Goose
  • battle of, 17-19
  • Shipbuilding, 91

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G

• Galloway, William, 81-82
• Gas Supply, 112-113
• Gategang, Family, 3-4,
  • Alan, 4
  • Gilbert, 3
• Gateshead , A.F.C., 71-72
• Gateshead Fell, 3, 16, 114-116
• Gateshead Observer, 7
• Glassmaking, 7, 87-88
• Goat Inn, 109
• Grand Lease , 6
• Greensfield, 41
  • Locomotive workshops, 83-84, 100

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H

• Haggie, David & Peter , 88
  • Ropemaking, 88
• Half Moon Inn, 34
• Half Moon Lane, 24, 30, 100
• Hancock , Ald, Peter Strong, 58
• Hawks Crawshay & Co, 8, 80-82, 91, 103
• Hawks George, 27, 41
• Hazlitt , Robert, 114-115
• Health, 55-59, 116-117
• Heathfield, 115
• Heworth, 51, 78, 108
• High Street, 23, 60, 77, 95
• High Teams Institution, 54 see also Workhouse
• Hillgate, 19, 21, 22, 56, 59
  • Ropemaking, 88
  • Shipbuilding, 90-91
  • Windmill, 77
• Hodgson, Rev. John, 116
• Holly House, 29
• Holy Trinity Church, 2, 24, 32, 33, 108
• Hospitals, 57, 59
  • Bensham General , 58
  • Queen Elizabeth, 58-59
  • St Mary's, Stannington, 59
  • Sheriff Hill Isolation, 57, 58
  • Whinney House, 58
• Housing, 7, 8, 22-24, 41-42, 57, 59-62
  • Flats, 62
• Housing Department, see Dispensary

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I

• Ironworks, 7, 79

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J

• Jackson, Paul, 78
• Jackson Street (Chare), 23, 77

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K

• King James Hospital, 24, 75, 88
• King John's Palace, 30

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L

• Lamesley, 8, 42
• Leisure, 62-72
• Liulph, 10, 11
• Local Government Reorganisation, 8, 9, 42
• Loppy Lloyds, 69
• Low Fell, 3, 51, 60, 75, 109, 114-116
• Lucas, George, 65

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M

• Markets and Fairs, 45
• Mechanics Institute, 7
• Monastery, 4, 2, 32
• Mount Pleasant, 60
• Mulgrave Terrace, 24, 60, 101
  • reservoir, 108
• Music Halls, 67-68

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N

• Newcastle upon Tyne, attempts to take over Gateshead, 4-6, 11-12, 37-38
• Newall, R. S., 41, 89

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O

• Oakwellgate, 1, 30, 31, 41, 83, 85, 108
  • baths, 34-35, 57
• Old Durham Road, 24, 78, 117

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P

• Park
  • Estate, 25
  • House, 24, 28
  • Lane, 24
• Parks
  • East Gateshead Riverside, 35, 86
  • Saltwell, 67
  • Windmill Hills, 66-67
• Patterson, Thomas, 78
• Pipewellgate, 1, 4, 23, 56, 59
  • Gasworks, 112
  • Glassworks, 87
  • Pottery, 78
• Plagues, 14, 55
• Pleasant Row, 24, 75
• Police, 17-19, 109
• Poorhouse, 48-50 see also Workhouse
• Poor Law Union, 7, 50-54
• Post Office, 15
• Pottery, 77-79
• Powell, Thomas, 49
• Price. Joseph, 87, 91

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Q

• Quarries, 75-76, 114
• Queen Victoria, 21, 103
• Queen's Head, 34
• Queen's Terrace, 60

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R

• Railways, 35, 41, 82-84, 98-101
  • Stations, 100
• Redheugh
  • Estate, 25-26, 60
  • Gasworks, 112
  • Hall, 27
• Renforth, James, 70
• Riding of the Boundaries, 44
• Rippon. Cuthbert, 7
• Roads, 3, 93-95
• Rodsley Estate, 26
• Roman Remains, 1, 15
• Ropemaking, 88-90
• Rowing, 70
• Ryton, 8, 42

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S

• St. Edmunds Hospital
  • Bishop and Confessor(High Street), 2, 24, 32, 33, 46, 47
  • King & Martyr (Old Durham Road), 24, 46-48
• St. Mary's Church, 11, 14, 20, 23, 32, 38, 41, 45, 48, 88
• Saltmeadows, 5, 88
• Saltwell, 2, 51
  • Estate, 26
  • Hall, 27, 58
  • Park, 67
  • Towers, 27-28
• Sheriff Hill, 3, 25, 29-30, 57, 59, 78, 109, 113
  • pottery, 78
• Shipbuilding, 90-91
• Shipcote Estate, 26, 60, 74
• Social Services, 46-55
• South Dene Towers, 28
• South Shore, 78
• Sowerby, Joseph, 87-88
• Staiths, 5
• Sunderland Road, 24, 48, 60
  • reservoirs, 108
• Sutton, Thomas, 6
• Swan. J. W., 84
• Swinburne family, 33

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T

• Team, river, 15, 89
• Team Valley Trading Estate, 8
• Theatres, 67-69
• Tollbooth, 110
• Town Fields, 16-17, 39, 44
• Town Hall, 41, 110
• Trams, 34, 95-97
• Tyne, river, 4, 14-16, 37, 108

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U

• Utta, 2

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W

• Waggonways, 74-75
• Wailes, William, 88
• Walker Terrace, 60
• Warburton, John, 78
• Water Supply, 24, 107-9, 56
• Wesley, John, 114
• West Street, 24, 33, 41, 77, 110
• Whickham, 5, 6, 8, 42, 51
• Windmill Hills, 2, l3, 16, 28, 60, 94
  • Windmills, 77
• Windmills, 3, 28, 76-77
• Witches, 44
• Workhouse, 50-54 see also High Teams Institution
• Working Men's Clubs, 65-66
• Wrekenton, 59, 109, 116-117

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Y

• Yarnold. William, 108

Title Page and Table of Contents

"A Short History of Gateshead". © Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, 1998