This boundary alongside Dinnington Road Fen was identified as the township boundary between Woolsington and West Brunton townships during an archaeological assessment of the area in 1997.

Red Barns is shown on Corbridge’s Map of Newcastle, 1723/4, as an L-shaped range of farm buildings within a gated enclosure, also containing an orchard. The farmhouse is thought to be 18th century, but may be earlier. Its position is on the west side of the junction between Shield’s Road, the course of Hadrian’s Wall, and Elwick Lane, which led to the riverside via St Anne’s chapel. Red Barns is also shown at this location on Oliver’s Map of 1844 and on subsequent maps until the Dominicans obtained the site in the 1860s. It is likely that Red Barns was used as a brickyard in the mid-19th century, when Samual Carr, brickmaker is listed as resident there. It is possible that the windmill (HER ref. 5451) west of Stepney Bank was used to drive a pump or pug mill for this brickyard.

A range of buildings, probably a farm, named Low Heaton is shown on Oliver’s map of 1844.

The field names ‘Castle Hill’ appears on a map of 1783, perhaps marking the site of a fortification positioned to defend the crossilng of the River Don. It has bees suggested that this putative fortification may have been Roman, perhaps due to its proximity to the Wrekendyke, but earlier and later dates are also possible. The field name ‘Cisters Close’ appears north-east of Castle Hill on the same 18th century map and may be related. Medieval documentary references to the ‘Castleway’ may allude to the same site.

The origins of the farm are uncertain, but it is shown on a township map of 1730. The 1858 OS plan shows a detached north-south building, a farm house and separate stable as well as an L shaped, threshing barn with gingang. The second edition ordnance survey plan, 1897, shows some of the buildings which exist on site today (2015). The farm was remodelled in the 1880s by Robert Laycock the estate owner. It also has 20th century additions. The buildings were recorded in 2015 ahead of redevelopment.

A Roman Catholic School is shown at this location on the 1st and 2nd editions of the Ordnance Survey map series, but not on the 3rd edition, by which time Worswick Street had been constructed to link Carliol Square and Pilgrim Street. On the west side of the school is a R. C. Chapel.

A Roman Catholic Chapel is shown at this location on the 1st and 2nd editions of the Ordnance Survey map series, but not on the 3rd edition, by which time Worswick Street had been constructed to link Carliol Square and Pilgrim Street. On the east side of the chapel is a R. C. School.

A smithy is shown at this location on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1898. It may have been associated with the adjacent Duke of Wellington Inn.

City Wire Works is shown at this location on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1898. It does not appear on the 1st edition map, so presumably was established sometime in the second half of the 19th century.

The Tyne Clay Pipe Works is shown at this location on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1898. It does not appear on the 1st edition map, so presumably was established sometime in the second half of the 19th century.