Walbottle, Old Row

HER Number:
11560

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walbottle, Old Row

Place:
Walbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
1686

Northing:
6649

Grid Reference:
NZ16866649

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