The broad oval village green separated two rows of east-west lines of house plots in the medieval period. Tunstall (Tonsall) is referenced in the Boldon Buke of 1183 (a survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset) and Hatfield's Survey of 1382. The plan of the Township of Tunstall dated 1830 shows two ponds (HER 8377 and 8378) on the village green. The ponds are still shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition of 1856 along with a guide post. By this time what is now Tunstall Village Road had been been west-east across the green. The south side of the road was fully developed, but the north side of the green still survives. There is now a war memorial (HER 8379) in the centre of the green.
Site Type: Broad
Village Green
SITEDESC
The broad oval village green separated two rows of east-west lines of house plots in the medieval period. Tunstall (Tonsall) is referenced in the Boldon Buke of 1183 (a survey of land belonging to the Bishop of Durham, Hugh du Puiset) and Hatfield's Survey of 1382. The plan of the Township of Tunstall dated 1830 shows two ponds (HER 8377 and 8378) on the village green. The ponds are still shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition of 1856 along with a guide post. By this time what is now Tunstall Village Road had been been west-east across the green. The south side of the road was fully developed, but the north side of the green still survives. There is now a war memorial (HER 8379) in the centre of the green. Dated C12th.
Site Name
Tunstall, village green
Site Type: Specific
Village Green
HER Number
13376
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Plan of the Township of Tunstall 1830; Tithe Map 1838; Ordnance Survey First Edition 1856; B.K. Roberts, 1987, The Field Study of Village Plans; M. Laverick, 1910, Tunstall, Antiquities of Sunderland XI, pages 37-52
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
8628, 7444
DAY1
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
427040
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556590
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
First World War 1914 to 1918
Place
Birtley
Description
This, and the adjacent Lamesley Road Garage are the only surviving buildings of Elisabethville, the temporary Belgian village in the First World War. One was the food-store, the other the butcher's shop.
Site Type: Broad
Shop
SITEDESC
This, and the adjacent Lamesley Road Garage are the only surviving buildings of Elisabethville, the temporary Belgian village in the First World War. One was the food-store, the other the butcher's shop.
Site Name
Devon Crescent, Tyrespot
Site Type: Specific
Shop
HER Number
13375
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
McMurtie & Schlesinger, 1987, The Birtley Belgians (5th edition 2003); John G. Bygate, 2006, Arms & the Heroes
YEAR1
2010
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
8628
DAY1
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
426510
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
LANDUSE
Churchyard
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556770
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
First World War 1914 to 1918
Place
Birtley
Description
The burial ground for the Belgian village Elisabethville. 13 Belgian people are said to be buried here. Many local people have also been buried here since. Some of the Belgian residents were buried in Birtley churchyard. Gateshead Library has lots of photographs of the Belgian gravestones, mostly taken by Julien Dedrie in 1918, P.W. Armstrong and F. Mackay in 1916-1919 and 15 July 1980. The names on the stones include V. Raymaker, C.S. Priells, J. M'Bondo, F.P. Lovinfosse (died 18 May 1918), A.H.M. Hasevoets, Jan B.A. De Waet, Edgard A.J.V. Roelandt, Jan A. Claessens (15 Nov 1886 - 20 Nov 1918), Raul A.N. Brunet (1897-1917), A.J. Dageyter, F. Cools, A.J. Brogniez. There were two styles of headstone. Most are ?granite with scroll decoration, bronze plaques on the front and a circle above with a ?cross in it. Some of these were still there in 1980. Three stones (Lovinfosse, Hasevoets and Dageyter) are simple white stones with a lion, a cross, the details of the deceased and the words MORT POUR LA BELGIQUE PATRIA MEMORE on the front. There is also one monument with a cross on the top which is called 'the unmarked grave' on Armstrong's photo of 1980. This is the only stone that still sppears to be present [in 2010]. A memorial has been erected in the grounds of Birtley Crematorium.
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery
SITEDESC
The burial ground for the Belgian village Elisabethville. 13 Belgian people are said to be buried here. Many local people have also been buried here since. Some of the Belgian residents were buried in Birtley churchyard. Gateshead Library has lots of photographs of the Belgian gravestones, mostly taken by Julien Dedrie in 1918, P.W. Armstrong and F. Mackay in 1916-1919 and 15 July 1980. The names on the stones include V. Raymaker, C.S. Priells, J. M'Bondo, F.P. Lovinfosse (died 18 May 1918), A.H.M. Hasevoets, Jan B.A. De Waet, Edgard A.J.V. Roelandt, Jan A. Claessens (15 Nov 1886 - 20 Nov 1918), Raul A.N. Brunet (1897-1917), A.J. Dageyter, F. Cools, A.J. Brogniez. There were two styles of headstone. Most are ?granite with scroll decoration, bronze plaques on the front and a circle above with a ?cross in it. Some of these were still there in 1980. Three stones (Lovinfosse, Hasevoets and Dageyter) are simple white stones with a lion, a cross, the details of the deceased and the words MORT POUR LA BELGIQUE PATRIA MEMORE on the front. There is also one monument with a cross on the top which is called 'the unmarked grave' on Armstrong's photo of 1980. This is the only stone that still appears to be present [in 2010]. A memorial has been erected in the grounds of Birtley Crematorium.
Site Name
Elisabethville, burial ground
Site Type: Specific
Cemetery
HER Number
13374
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
McMurtie & Schlesinger, 1987, The Birtley Belgians (5th edition 2003); John G. Bygate, 2006, Arms & the Heroes; G. Nairn and D. Rand, 1997, Images of England - Birtley; http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk; J. Burrow and Co. Ltd (ed). 1969. Birtley Co. Durham: The Official Guide; Bygate, J.G. 2005. Of Arms and Heroes: The Story of the ‘Birtley Belgians’; Gateshead Council. 2010. The Changing Face of Birtley The Gateshead Towns and Villages Series (leaflet at Gateshead Library); Henderson, D. 2000. Memories and Photographs of the People of Birtley; Letch, H. 1970. Gleanings from the History of Birtley; Marshall, T. c.1980. Elisabethville: The Belgian Colony 1915-1918; Phillipson, Father. Birtley and Wrekenton, 1884-1891; Schlesinger, J. And McMurtie, D. 1988. The Birtley Belgians: A History of Elisabethville; Turnbull, L. c.1980. Glimpses of Old Birtley; Bygate, J. 2005. The riot at Elisabethville, Birtley. Durham County Local History Bulletin, 68 (Durham Record Office H6); Batho, G.R. and Faulkner, M. 2000. An Elisabethville Family: the Prowses, Durham County Local History Society Bulletin, 61 (Durham Record Office H6/9); Brown, M. 1990. The Belgian Colony at Elisabethville, Birtley. 1916-1919, Northern Catholic History, 31 (Durham Record Office H 7/4); Nairn, G. 1997. The Archive Photograph Series: Birtley; Burn, R.S, 1957, A recent history of Birtley Parish (Tyne and Wear Archives L/PA/252); The Belgian Community at Birtley (Tyne and Wear Archives L/PA/1545); Microfilm LHR3: Elizabethville: Various documents relating to munitions factory (Gateshead Library)
YEAR1
2010
English, British
ADDITINF
y
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
8628
DAY1
24
DAY2
28
District
Gateshead
Easting
426620
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556190
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
First World War 1914 to 1918
Place
Birtley
Description
At the beginning of the First World War Britain had insufficient ammunition to match that of the German army. The Government of National Unity built National Projectile Factories with private firms all over the country. There was a shortage of people to work in them however as able-bodied men were fighting on the frontline. Belgium was regarded as the foremost European country for the manufacture of armaments and so Belgian armaments workers and refugees were brought from the front to work in British factories. In 1915 several hundred Belgian workers came to two factories built by Armstrong Whitworth in Birtley to make shells and cartridge cases. The Birtley factory made empty shells which were filled with explosives at a sister site in South Wales. The number of workers soon grew to around 3000. A plan of 1916 shows railway sidings to the North Eastern Railway (HER 12965) and several buildings including machine shops for shells, a cartridge case shop, main store, canteen etc. These buildings still stand, along with several built in the Second World War (includes a medical surgery, boiler house, electricity substation, gatehouse with loop hole). There are air raid shelters beneath the canteen. Day-to-day control of the factory was managed by M. Hubert Debauche, Director-General of an iron and steel manufacturing firm, Societe des Forges, Usines et Fonderies de Gilly near Charleroi in Belgium. Gateshead Library has a large collection of photographs of the factory, machinery and personnel.
Site Type: Broad
Armament Manufacturing Site
SITEDESC
At the beginning of the First World War Britain had insufficient ammunition to match that of the German army. The Government of National Unity built National Projectile Factories with private firms all over the country. There was a shortage of people to work in them however as able-bodied men were fighting on the frontline. Belgium was regarded as the foremost European country for the manufacture of armaments and so Belgian armaments workers and refugees were brought from the front to work in British factories. In 1915 several hundred Belgian workers came to two factories built by Armstrong Whitworth in Birtley to make shells and cartridge cases. The Birtley factory made empty shells which were filled with explosives at a sister site in South Wales. The number of workers soon grew to around 3000. A plan of 1916 shows railway sidings to the North Eastern Railway (HER 12965) and several buildings including machine shops for shells, a cartridge case shop, main store, canteen etc. These buildings still stand, along with several built in the Second World War (includes a medical surgery, boiler house, electricity substation, gatehouse with loop hole). There are air raid shelters beneath the canteen. Day-to-day control of the factory was managed by M. Hubert Debauche, Director-General of an iron and steel manufacturing firm, Societe des Forges, Usines et Fonderies de Gilly near Charleroi in Belgium. Gateshead Library has a large collection of photographs of the factory, machinery and personnel. BAE Systems vacated the site in 2013. The buildings were recorded in 2013 prior to demolition. The recording revealed that the majority of buildings used date-stamped brickwork.
Site Name
National Projectile Factory/Royal Ordnance Factory
Site Type: Specific
Ordnance Factory
HER Number
13373
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
www.baesystems.com; McMurtie & Schlesinger, 1987, The Birtley Belgians (5th edition 2003); John G. Bygate, 2006, Arms & the Heroes; G. Nairn and D. Rand, 1997, Images of England - Birtley; http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk; Brian Armstrong, 2012, They Made Ammunition at Birtley 1916-2012; Julie Pugh, TWM Archaeology, 2010, BAE Systems,
Birtley, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment; J. Burrow and Co. Ltd (ed). 1969. Birtley Co. Durham: The Official Guide; Bygate, J.G. 2005. Of Arms and Heroes: The Story of the ‘Birtley Belgians’; Gateshead Council. 2010. The Changing Face of Birtley The Gateshead Towns and Villages Series (leaflet at Gateshead Library); Henderson, D. 2000. Memories and Photographs of the People of Birtley; Letch, H. 1970. Gleanings from the History of Birtley; Marshall, T. c.1980. Elisabethville: The Belgian Colony 1915-1918;
Schlesinger, J. And McMurtie, D. 1988. The Birtley Belgians: A History of Elisabethville; Turnbull, L. c.1980. Glimpses of Old Birtley; Bygate, J. 2005. The riot at Elisabethville, Birtley. Durham County Local History Bulletin, 68 (Durham Record Office H6); Batho, G.R. and Faulkner, M. 2000. An Elisabethville Family: the Prowses, Durham County Local History Society Bulletin, 61 (Durham Record Office H6/9); Brown, M. 1990. The Belgian Colony at Elisabethville, Birtley. 1916-1919, Northern Catholic History, 31 (Durham Record Office H 7/4); Nairn, G. 1997. The Archive Photograph Series: Birtley; Burn, R.S, 1957, A recent history of Birtley Parish (Tyne and Wear Archives L/PA/252); The Belgian Community at Birtley (Tyne and Wear Archives L/PA/1545); Royal Ordnance. 1978. Royal Ordnance Factory, Birtley (Gateshead Library); Royal Ordnance. 1980. Royal Ordnance Factory, Birtley (Gateshead Library); Royal Ordnance. n.d. Ammuntion Division, Birtley (Gateshead Library); Microfilm LHR3: Elizabethville: Various documents relating to munitions factory (Gateshead Library); Dr George Nash, SLR Consulting, 2013 ROF Birtley, Station Lane, Birtley, Standing Building Survey; Dr George Nash, SLR Consulting, 2013 ROF Birtley, Station Lane, Birtley, Standing Building Survey
YEAR1
2010
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435020
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564110
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Simonside
Description
Vicarage shown on OS third edition of 1919.
Site Type: Broad
Clergy House
SITEDESC
Vicarage shown on OS third edition of 1919.
Site Name
Woodlands, 136 Wenlock Road
Site Type: Specific
Vicarage
HER Number
13372
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team, March 1992, Buildings of acknowledged architectural quality or historic significance, revised in March 1996 and August 2008
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
DAY2
27
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435680
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564820
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
A lofty brick church built in 1887 at a cost of £1860, seating 380 people. By the 1950s it had become the Wyveston Hall. The building is still extant, although with its lancet-headed openings all bricked up.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A lofty brick church built in 1887 at a cost of £1860, seating 380 people. By the 1950s it had become the Wyveston Hall. The building is still extant, although with its lancet-headed openings all bricked up.
Site Name
Hudson Street, United Methodist Free Church
Site Type: Specific
United Methodist Free Chapel
HER Number
13371
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist chapels of South Tyneside
YEAR1
2010
YEAR2
2018
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
23
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436320
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567210
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Shop. Presently Dorothy Perkins.
Site Type: Broad
Shop
SITEDESC
Shop. Presently Dorothy Perkins.
Site Name
35-37 King Street
Site Type: Specific
Shop
HER Number
13370
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team, March 1992, Buildings of acknowledged architectural quality or historic significance, revised in March 1996 and August 2008
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Communications
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
22
DAY1
23
DAY2
01
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435740
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561080
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
West Boldon
Description
Victorian post box set into boundary wall beside Coach House. LOCAL LIST
Site Type: Broad
Postal System Structure
SITEDESC
Victorian post box set into boundary wall beside Coach House.
Site Name
West Boldon, Dipe Lane, post box
Site Type: Specific
Post Box
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
13369
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team, March 1992, Buildings of acknowledged architectural quality or historic significance, revised in March 1996 and August 2008; South Tyneside Local List Review 2011, LSHA/143/B
YEAR1
2010
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
412530
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562190
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Greenside
Description
A 'battery' carried the Risemoor Way (1663-1820) over the Bradley Burn. The Burn runs through a 10m long vaulted stone culvert beneath the battery.
Site Type: Broad
Water Regulation Installation
SITEDESC
A 'battery' carried the Risemoor Way (1663-1820) over the Bradley Burn. The Burn runs through a 10m long vaulted stone culvert beneath the battery.
Site Name
Greenside, Risemoor Way, culvert
Site Type: Specific
Culvert
HER Number
13368
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Bennett, Clavering and Rounding, 1990, A Fighting Trade; Roy Deane, Gateshead Council's Public Right of Way Officer, 4 April 2003 (pers comm)
YEAR1
2010
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
Gateshead
Easting
412750
EASTING2
1282
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
562780
NORTHING2
6177
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
Greenside
Description
Coalway Lane runs from the west side of Greenside north to the Ryton Bypass (A695). It is an adopted highway but is little more than a rough stone track, narrow, steep and sunken in places. It is inaccessible for most vehicles. The lane is partially sunken, like a hollow-way lined by trees and hedges along much of its route, and presumably of some antiquity. It is crossed by the line of the Risemoor Way (HER 3321) which was built in 1737-8, as an extension to the 1663 Crawcrook Way. Bennett, Clavering and Rounding in 'A Fighting Trade' suggest that the waggonway bridged over Coalway Lane and that part of the waggonway had a paved level crossing. There are areas of exposed bedrock and sections of brick in places along Coalway Lane, which look like some form of deliberately created surface.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Coalway Lane runs from the west side of Greenside north to the Ryton Bypass (A695). It is an adopted highway but is little more than a rough stone track, narrow, steep and sunken in places. It is inaccessible for most vehicles. The lane is partially sunken, like a hollow-way lined by trees and hedges along much of its route, and presumably of some antiquity. It is crossed by the line of the Risemoor Way (HER 3321) which was built in 1737-8, as an extension to the 1663 Crawcrook Way. Bennett, Clavering and Rounding in 'A Fighting Trade' suggest that the waggonway bridged over Coalway Lane and that part of the waggonway had a paved level crossing. There are areas of exposed bedrock and sections of brick in places along Coalway Lane, which look like some form of deliberately created surface.
Site Name
Greenside, Coalway Lane
Site Type: Specific
Road
HER Number
13367
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Bennett, Clavering and Rounding, 1990, A Fighting Trade; Roy Deane, Gateshead Council's Public Right of Way Officer, 4 April 2003 (pers comm)