There is a Hag Hill shown on Ordnance Survey first and second edition maps, but they are on slightly different sites. The present Hag Hill is on a different site again. The building on first edition is at the end of a pathway leading to wagonway (HER 3321).
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
There is a Hag Hill shown on Ordnance Survey first and second edition maps, but they are on slightly different sites. The present Hag Hill is on a different site again. The building on first edition is at the end of a pathway leading to wagonway (HER 3321).
Site Name
Hag Hill
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
6373
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Gateshead
Easting
411010
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561960
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Frenches Close
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Frenches Close
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
6372
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
11
District
Newcastle
Easting
422260
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566190
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Cowgate
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Owned by William Ord in 1841 as Cowgate Inn. Adopted family name not long after this date and became The Ord Arms. The Ord Arms was altered in 1900 and in 1930 Alexander Deuchar purchased the premises and prepared plans for rebuilding. The pub was taken over from Scottish and Newcastle by Camerons in 1996. Closed by 1998. Demolished circa 2002.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Owned by William Ord in 1841 as Cowgate Inn. Adopted family name not long after this date and became The Ord Arms. The Ord Arms was altered in 1900 and in 1930 Alexander Deuchar purchased the premises and prepared plans for rebuilding. The pub was taken over from Scottish and Newcastle by Camerons in 1996. Closed by 1998. Demolished circa 2002.
Site Name
Cowgate, The Dun Cow (Ord Arms) Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
6371
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2016
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
421950
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564960
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Fenham
Description
Shown on 25" Ordnance Survey map 1894.
A photo of play in progress is held by Newcastle Local Studies.
An article in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, 31st January 1880 reads:
'Newcastle and Tyneside Curling Club - The members of this club has rather a novel and interesting game, by moonlight, on the lake at Fenham Hall, on Monday night, the match being married versus single men. The weather being all that could be wished for the game, there was some very excellent play on both sides, and the contest became very exciting towards the finish. On time being called, the bachelors were declared the victors by seven shots, the score standing: Rink 1 - single: Mr J. Thompson (skip), Mr J. Ayton, Mr W. Beattie, Mr S. Main, 15. Married: Mr J. Scott (skip), Mr J McKinlay, Mr G. Graham, Mr T. Cooper, 9. Rink 2 - single: Mr T.M. Hope, Mr J. Symington, Mr A. Prentice, Mr W. Jardine, 11. Married: Mr J. Stewart, Mr A. Gall, Mr A. Beath, Mr J. Graham, 10'.
Site Type: Broad
Pond
SITEDESC
Shown on 25" Ordnance Survey map 1894.
A photo of play in progress is held by Newcastle Local Studies.
An article in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, 31st January 1880 reads:
'Newcastle and Tyneside Curling Club - The members of this club has rather a novel and interesting game, by moonlight, on the lake at Fenham Hall, on Monday night, the match being married versus single men. The weather being all that could be wished for the game, there was some very excellent play on both sides, and the contest became very exciting towards the finish. On time being called, the bachelors were declared the victors by seven shots, the score standing: Rink 1 - single: Mr J. Thompson (skip), Mr J. Ayton, Mr W. Beattie, Mr S. Main, 15. Married: Mr J. Scott (skip), Mr J McKinlay, Mr G. Graham, Mr T. Cooper, 9. Rink 2 - single: Mr T.M. Hope, Mr J. Symington, Mr A. Prentice, Mr W. Jardine, 11. Married: Mr J. Stewart, Mr A. Gall, Mr A. Beath, Mr J. Graham, 10'.
An account on 29th January 1881 reads:
'There was a capital muster of spectators at Fenham Lake on Tuesday last to witness a couple of friendly games between teams of this young but energetic club. Scores: No. 1 rink: S.M. Hope, J. Ayton, J. Peters and W. Archbold, 21. S. Meikle, R.E. Wilson, J. Maxwell and W. Maxwell, 7. No. 2 rink: J. Stewart, W. Sample, S. Main, S. Bradford and J. Scott, 30. T. Cleghorn, G. Graham, A. Fox, Armstrong and T. Stewart, 11'.
Newcastle [and North Shields] Curling Club formed at Percy Main (HER 2013) in 1843. They later moved to Clousden Hill (HER 1099), then to Fenham, then to Axwell Park, and then to Pelaw.
Site Name
Fenham Hall, curling pond
Site Type: Specific
Pond
HER Number
6370
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1894; photo in Newcastle Libraries and Arts; 1988, Bygone Fenham, No. 9; Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, Saturday 31 January, 1880 and Saturday 29 January 1881 (copyright The British Library Board); https://sites.google.com/a/curlingplaces.info/cp3/places/4064-newcastle-fenham-lake; Newcastle Curling Club, Jubilee Banquet in The Newcastle Courant, Saturday February 25, 1893, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B92iT6R7LDN-Q254TGgtOFlZUVU/edit
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6368
DAY1
23
District
Newcastle
Easting
420780
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MAP2
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565130
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map.
Site Type: Broad
Lodge
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Benwell Lodge, lodge to
Site Type: Specific
Lodge
HER Number
6369
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
6369
DAY1
23
DAY2
02
District
Newcastle
Easting
420790
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MAP2
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Benwell
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Built c.1750s-60 by Robert Shafto. Split into two units in the 1850s. Demolished early 1960s.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Built c.1750s-60 by Robert Shafto. The lodge may have originally been intended for lease. Shafto lived at Benwell Lodge after 1770 whilst also living at Wratting Park in Cambridgeshire. The Lodge was then occupied by his daughter Camilla and her family. The Shafto land west of Benwell Villa was sold to William Ord of Fenham Hall in the 1780s and the Lodge became a property for lease. Mackenzie described the Lodge in 1825 as 'a low house situated a short distance south of the Military Road, prettily embowered in trees. The west front opens upon a fine view of Axwell Park and the woods at Gibside. This house is the residence of Robert Pearson (solicitor). The Lodge was subsequently occupied by James Graham Clarke (West Indian Merchant) 1834-40, H Colbeck 1842, Michael Benson 1844, George Fenwick 1850 and Edward Whitfield, a shipowner 1850-1853. During the 1850s the Lodge was divided into two lettable units - Benwell Lodge East and West. The following occupants have been identified: East Lodge - 1855-1891 John S. Challoner, Mrs Elizabeth Milvain 1895-1896, Harold Ware 1898-1900 and Col. Robert Stephenson 1904-1959. West Lodge - William James Harding 1854-1856, George Nichol 1865, Edward Whitfield 1865, WS Lishman 1867, WH Darnell 1873-1874, Daniel Hill 1883-1886, Mrs Fanny Green 1888-1894, George Fairbridge Stainthorpe 1895-1896, George Robinson Ramsey 1897-1904, Hereward Brackenbury 1905-1919m, Rev. Archdeacon Charles Edward Blackett Ord 1920-1931, Mrs Blackett Ord 1932, CE Harrison 1933-1934, Captain EA Barlow 1934-37, WL Stuart 1938-1961. It was demolished in 1961/2 to extend school built on the gardens in the 1950s. The demolished building may have had a capped well or old pit in its cellar.
Site Name
Benwell Lodge
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
HER Number
6368
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p 31; Pers Comms I Farrier, 2015 West Newcastle Picture History Collection; NRO/00309/M/7; Newcastle Courant April 1830
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2015
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
22
District
Newcastle
Easting
420980
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564930
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Benwell
Description
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. In 1851 Percy Westmacott, an engineer, came to Newcastle to work for William George Armstrong at his Elswick Works. In 1861 he was promoted to partner and to befit his new status he had an imposing house built on the West Road, overlooking the valley of the Denton Burn. In 1899 he left Benwell Hill House and the building was occupied by his son-in-law Philip Noble until 1910. Then it became the home of W. Dodds, a grocer. Since 1923 the building has housed St. Cuthbert's RC school. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Local list - St Cuthbert’s House is an imposing late nineteenth century structure. The stone house has three storeys and the roof is punctured with dormer windows, several of which are ornamented with shields. The windows have sandstone surrounds and lintels, and some ground floor windows have leaf-style white metalwork as mullions, contrasting with the stone. Further contrast is seen in the north elevation, where the white wooden porch with red decoration stands out from the darkness of the stone. The north elevation also has a stained glass window beneath a crowstep gable, which is capped by an urn.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. In 1851 Percy Westmacott, an engineer, came to Newcastle to work for William George Armstrong at his Elswick Works. In 1861 he was promoted to partner and to befit his new status he had an imposing house built on the West Road, overlooking the valley of the Denton Burn. In 1899 he left Benwell Hill House and the building was occupied by his son-in-law Philip Noble until 1910. Then it became the home of W Dodds, a grocer. When his widow moved out in 1917 the house was left in the hands of a caretaker, Mr Newton. Since 1923 the building has housed St. Cuthbert's RC school. The building was recorded in 2011 by ASUD ahead of redevelopment.
Site Name
Benwell Hill (St Cuthbert's House), West Road
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
6367
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; J. Donald, 1994, Not Just Bricks and Mortar; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2011, St Cuthbert's House, 391 West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne - historic building recording
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
17
District
Newcastle
Easting
421160
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MONTH1
11
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565010
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Benwell
Description
Originally called the Oatland public house, based out of linked buildings on a tenanted farm of the same name, which formed part of the Ord Estate. The tenanted Oatland Farm is first detailed in an 1818 survey of William Ord's holdings in North Benwell and notes that it was occupied to Anthony Irwin at an annual rent of £340. The first recorded reference to the public house is in the Newcastle Courant of 27 October 1827. However by 1834, the public house is referred to as 'the Fox & Hounds Inn' but continued to be attached to Oatlands Farm as indicated by an advertisement in the 26 December 1851 issue of the Newcastle Courant.
The public house was demolished and rebuilt between 1900 and 1909. From 1909 onwards, the Fox & Hounds Inn was leased to Alexander Deuchar Ltd by the Blackett Ord estate. Deuchars purchased purchased the premises outright in the estate sale of 1920 and converted it into a suburban pub. Ultimately, it was sold onto The Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1956 who became Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1960. The pub remains in operation as of 2023 operated by Greene King.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Originally called the Oatland public house, based out of linked buildings on a tenanted farm of the same name, which formed part of the Ord Estate. The tenanted Oatland Farm is first detailed in an 1818 survey of William Ord's holdings in North Benwell and notes that it was occupied to Anthony Irwin at an annual rent of £340. The first recorded reference to the public house is in the Newcastle Courant of 27 October 1827. However by 1834, the public house is referred to as 'the Fox & Hounds Inn' but continued to be attached to Oatlands Farm as indicated by an advertisement in the 26 December 1851 issue of the Newcastle Courant. The pub remains in operation as of 2023 operated by Greene King.
The public house was demolished and rebuilt between 1900 and 1909. From 1909 onwards, the Fox & Hounds Inn was leased to Alexander Deuchar Ltd by the Blackett Ord estate. Deuchars purchased the premises outright in the estate sale of 1920 and converted it into a suburban pub. Ultimately, it was sold onto The Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1956 who became Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1960.
Site Name
Fox and Hounds Public House
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
6366
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map; Malcolm L Scaife, 1974, Newcastle Old and New; Bennison, B, 1998, Lost Weekends, A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Vol 3, The West
Notes from I. Farrier - Newcastle Photo Archive