Old Row

HER Number:
11560

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Old Row

Place:
Walbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Terrace

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Old Row, the very first terraced housing to be built in Walbottle village, is shown on the tithe map of 1848. The houses had no back garden, but vegetables could be grown in the surrounding allotments. Confusingly the terrace is named New Row on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.

Easting:
416860

Northing:
566490

Grid Reference:
NZ416860566490

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Walbottle Tithe Map, 1848, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) NRO DT 468 M; G. Walton and A. Watson, 1992, Bygone Walbottle; photograph of c.1900 held by Newcastle Local Studies Library (copyright Newcastle Chronicle and Journal); Newcastle City Council, 2009, Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement & Management Plan, page 7