Two cockpits are recorded in Gateshead in 1746. One was the New Cover'd Pit, which hosted fights with round pointed silver spurs.

Sunderland Street, Baptist Chapel. 1853. ‘Small stone building’ cost £400. On 1st ed OS only.

The majority of buildings in Pottery Yard, including a small row of houses known as The Terrace, were demolished in the 1960s. Currently only one detached building remains, an old woollen mill. 1874 – Edward Minto, a saddler of Pottery Yard, was declared bankrupt on September 22nd 1874.
1904 – Pottery Yard was included in the Houghton-le-Spring Electric Lighting Provisional Order 1904.
1912 – The Houghton-le-Spring Assembly (evangelical) hired a hall in Pottery Yard for use as a place of worship, having previously met at 63 Newbottle Street.
C1918 – William ‘Tushy’ Wheatley, son of the confectioner and Crimean War veteran George Wheatley, set up a sweet factory in Pottery Yard in a building formerly the Salvation Army Citadel.
1931 – Master printers year book - Clemmet & Grimes of Pottery Yard.
1938 – Clemmet & Grimes, general commercial printers,
1938 – William Wheatley & Son, manufacturing confectioners, Pottery Yard.
1947 – William Wheatley & Son vacated their Pottery Yard premises and moved to the larger Hawdonside Works on Sunderland Street.
1948 – Clemmet & Grimes, Printers, Pottery Yard.
???? – Harvian, owned by Harvey and Ian Wheatley, sold mis-shaped sweets from their premises in Pottery Yard.
???? - 1969 - Clemmet & Grimes, printers, was based in a building in Pottery Yard which originated as a woollen mill, making stockings. The business closed in December 1969.
1970 - The Gilpin Press, printers, opened on June 1st 1970 in the old mill building, and continues to operate from the premises (see also 46 Sunderland Street).
C2004 - Gilpin Press started to share the old mill building with Ideal taxis.
2010 – The garage attached to the old mill building, which featured a small plaque (No 1609) issued by Houghton Urban District Council’s Rating Department, was converted into an office for Ideal taxis.
2011 – Daglish Photography moved into the upstairs of the old woollen mill in Pottery Yard.

The majority of buildings in Pottery Yard, including a small row of houses known as The Terrace, were demolished in the 1960s. Currently only one detached building remains, an old woollen mill.

???? - 1969 - Clemmet & Grimes, printers, was based in a building in Pottery Yard which originated as a woollen mill, making stockings. The business closed in December 1969.
1970 - The Gilpin Press, printers, opened on June 1st 1970 in the old mill building, and continues to operate from the premises.
C2004 - Gilpin Press started to share the old mill building with Ideal taxis.
2010 – The garage attached to the old mill building, which featured a small plaque (No 1609) issued by Houghton Urban District Council’s Rating Department, was converted into an office for Ideal taxis.
2011 – Daglish Photography moved into the upstairs of the old woollen mill in Pottery Yard.

Salvation Army Citadel. ? -1918. Converted to a Sweet factory in 1918 by William ‘Tushy’ Wheatley, son of the confectioner and Crimean War veteran George Wheatley. Wheatley and sons vacated the building by 1948. Demolished by 1960s. Exact location unknown.

Nesham Place Chapel I (Wesleyan Association/Methodist Reformers) 1837-1867, then became schoolroom to HER 8717.

On 1919 OS – 1960s. Now part of ‘Alexander House’ site; building survives but much altered – good boarded ceiling and two windows with decorative glass.

Shown on 1919 OS – 1960s.

Village Lane, Wesleyan Chapel. On 1856 as part of ‘New Washington’ colliery row. Demolished by 1919 OS. Presumably replaced by HER 6796 to the south-east (shown on 2nd Ed OS).

Wesleyan Methodist church 1880. Substantial Gothic building, stone, with attached hall, extended in C20 to north.