Blucher

The village of Blucher, located north of the Blucher Pit of the Walbottle Colliery (HER 3939), is first depicted on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey mapping. The mining village was likely built when the Throckley Coal Company reopened the Blucher Pit in 1900 as the village does not appear on the 1st and 2nd edition Ordnance Surveys. The village comprises regular row of terraces aligned broadly east to west with amenities such as Stephenson Memorial Methodist Church (HER 14538) and St Cuthberts Church (HER 14741) to the west and the recreation ground (HER 15501) and allotments (HER 15500) to the north around the periphery.