Place:


Heaton  Northumberland

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Heaton like this:

HEATON, a township in Newcastle-All Saints parish, Northumberland; on the Ouse burn, the Northeastern railway, and on the Newcastle and North Shields railway, 1¾ mile NE of Newcastle. It has a station on the Northeastern railway. Acres, 911. Pop., 376. Houses, 76. The manor belonged, in the time of King John, to Robert de Gangy; and passed to the Babingtons. ...


King John is said to have resided here, when sojourning in the north; and remains of an ancient strong house, called King John's palace, stood till lately. Edward I. visited Heaton chapel in 1299, to hear a boy bishop. Heaton Hall was built in 1713, by the Ridleys, as a central residence for their numerous collieries. Heaton Main colliery was the scene of a fearful accident in April 1815, when 41 men and 34 boys perished. The Newcastle and North Shields railway has a deep cutting, nearly a mile long, within the township. A pleasant walk goes up the Ouse burn from Heaton to Jesmond.

Heaton through time

Heaton is now part of Newcastle upon Tyne district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newcastle upon Tyne has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Heaton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Heaton, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9260

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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