English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
425000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
House of c. 1825 by Dobson for David Cram. The street was truncated by the central motorway. Mackenzie described it as "the most chaste and elegant specimen of masonry".
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House of c. 1825 by Dobson for David Cram. The street was truncated by the central motorway. Mackenzie described it as "the most chaste and elegant specimen of masonry".
Site Name
Ellison Place, house of David Cram
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
8634
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p31
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
425000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Brick built. C18. Demolished c. 1960.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Brick built. C18. Demolished c. 1960.
Site Name
Quayside, Billy Purvis's House
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
8633
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p31
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
424000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Corbridge's map of 1723. One of a number of houses with plain classical facades and some with shaped gables. Demolished c. 1850.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on Corbridge's map of 1723. One of a number of houses with plain classical facades and some with shaped gables. Demolished c. 1850.
Site Name
Newgate Street, Bell's Court, Derwentwater house
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
8632
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p31
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
08
DAY2
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
424815
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563926
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Corbridge's map of 1723. One of a number of houses with plain classical facades and some with shaped gables. On site now occupied by the Literary and Philosophical Society Library.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on Corbridge's map of 1723. One of a number of houses with plain classical facades and some with shaped gables. On site now occupied by the Literary and Philosophical Society Library.
Site Name
Westgate Road, Thomas Anderson's House
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
8631
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p31
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2020
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
425000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Corbridge's map of 1723. One of a number of houses with plain classical facades and some with shaped gables. Wellington Place was occupied by Joseph Bainbridge.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on Corbridge's map of 1723. One of a number of houses with plain classical facades and some with shaped gables. Wellington Place was occupied by Joseph Bainbridge.
Site Name
Pilgrim Street, Wellington Place
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
8630
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p31
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
425000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Newcastle
Description
Shown on Corbridge's map of 1723. One of a number of houses with plain classical facades and some with shaped gables. Hills Court was the home of Richard Hill.
Site Type: Broad
Row
SITEDESC
Shown on Corbridge's map of 1723. One of a number of houses with plain classical facades and some with shaped gables. Hills Court was the home of Richard Hill.
Site Name
Pilgrim Street, Hills Court
Site Type: Specific
Row
HER Number
8629
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p31
YEAR1
2006
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11373, 11374
DAY1
07
DAY2
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
426940
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556430
parish
Birtley
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
First World War 1914 to 1918
Place
Birtley
Description
The model village of Elisabethville was built in the First World War to house Belgian workers at the National Projectile Factory. "The Huts" were envied by many local people whose housing was of much lower standard - the huts had flush toilets and electric lights. There were hostels for single men and two sizes of furnished cottage with a garden for families. There was great sympathy for the Belgian refugees and at the same time there was a shortage of munitions. National Projectile Factories were built by private firms and the government working together. In 1915 Armstrong Whitworth agreed to build two factories at Birtley, one to produce shells and the other cartridge cases. Belgian refugees were to be employed there. The factory was administered on strictly military lines. Discipline was only relaxed when the workmen's families arrived. At its peak Elisabethville had a population of 6000, of which 1200 were children. The model village was named after Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. It was self contained with its own doctors, nurses and teachers. It was separated from Birtley by a surrounding fence. Local people were only allowed in on the Armistice 11 November 1918 for a torchlight procession. The Belgain school was built in 1915/6. It was designed to last ten years but stood for nearly sixty. St. Michael's Church was run by Belgian clergy. It later became the Salvation Army Hall. In 1916 a field adjacent to Lamesley Lane was set aside for a Belgian cemetery. The Belgians left in 1919 and the contents of the huts were sold off. The Daily Mial on 26 May 1919 described it as "the largest furniture sale on record". The Huts were renamed and let by the Council. By the 1930s they were dilapidated and were demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
SITEDESC
The model village of Elisabethville was built in the First World War to house Belgian workers at the National Projectile Factory (HER 11373). Streets had names such as Boulevard Queen Mary, Rue de Gand, Rue de Hasselt, Rue de Turnes, Rue du Portugal, Rue des Indes. "The Huts" were envied by many local people whose housing was of much lower standard - the huts had flush toilets and electric lights. There were hostels for single men and two sizes of furnished cottage with a garden for families. There was great sympathy for the Belgian refugees and at the same time there was a shortage of munitions. At its peak Elisabethville had a population of 6000, of which 1200 were children. The model village was named after Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. It was self contained with its own doctors, nurses and teachers. It was separated from Birtley by a surrounding fence. Local people were only allowed in on the Armistice 11 November 1918 for a torchlight procession. The Belgain school was built in 1915/6. It was designed to last ten years but stood for nearly sixty. St. Michael's Church was run by Belgian clergy. It later became the Salvation Army Hall. In 1916 a field adjacent to Lamesley Lane was set aside for a Belgian cemetery (HER 13374). The Belgians left in 1919 and the contents of the huts were sold off. The Daily Mial on 26 May 1919 described it as "the largest furniture sale on record". The Huts were renamed and let by the Council. By the 1930s they were dilapidated and were demolished. Gateshead Library and the Imperial War Museum have large collections of photographs of the village, mostly taken by Julien Dedrie 1916-1918. These include the Shoemakers Building, the school, houses, the Villa de Bruges public house, the Cheval Blanc café, Maurice Wal's Salon de Coiffure, the police station, photographer's shop, foodstore, St. Michael's Church, the hospital, the dining hall, ball court and 'Chez Rigo'. Gateshead Library also has a plan of the village. Only two buildings survive - the butcher's shop and the foodstore, now Lamesley Road Garage and Tyrespot (HER 7444 and 13375).
Site Name
Birtley, Elisabethville
Site Type: Specific
Model Settlement
HER Number
8628
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
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; 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
2006
YEAR2
2010
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
07
District
Gateshead
Easting
427440
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555970
parish
Birtley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Birtley
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Possibly built around 1870, with the lodge known as Grove Cottage added twenty years later. The grounds - 4 acres of land, plus a cottage were bought for £2050 and became a recreation ground on 5 April 1913 to commemorate the 1911 Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. Lancelot Moses who lived in The Grove in 1913 gave a bandstand to the people of Birtley, costing £103. The stone once inscribed on the base is preserved in his former home, The Grove. It reads "Presented to Birtley Parish by Lancelot Moses Esq 5 April 1913". In 1953 The Grove was sold to the Parish Council.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Possibly built around 1870, with the lodge known as Grove Cottage added twenty years later. The grounds - 4 acres of land, plus a cottage were bought for £2050 and became a recreation ground on 5 April 1913 to commemorate the 1911 Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. Lancelot Moses who lived in The Grove in 1913 gave a bandstand to the people of Birtley, costing £103. The stone once inscribed on the base is preserved in his former home, The Grove. It reads "Presented to Birtley Parish by Lancelot Moses Esq 5 April 1913". In 1953 The Grove was sold to the Parish Council.
Site Name
The Grove
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
HER Number
8627
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
G. Nairn and D. Rand, 1997, Images of England - Birtley
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
07
DAY2
10
District
Gateshead
Easting
426790
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555788
parish
Birtley
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Birtley
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition. The CWS acquired Birtley Tinplate Works in 1908 and closed them sixty years later. They stood north of Station Lane, along the east side of the main NER line. Domestic tinware was made in large quantities with over 500 different items being produced. Industrial flour bins and shoots for the storage of flour, meal and grain were also manufacturered. In 1913, the CWS employed 39 people here.
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition. The CWS acquired Birtley Tinplate Works in 1908 and closed them sixty years later. They stood north of Station Lane, along the east side of the main NER line. Domestic tinware was made in large quantities with over 500 different items being produced. Industrial flour bins and shoots for the storage of flour, meal and grain were also manufacturered. In 1913, the CWS employed 39 people here.
Site Name
Birtley, Tinplate Works
Site Type: Specific
Plating Works
HER Number
8626
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
G. Nairn and D. Rand, 1997, Images of England - Birtley, p 54
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
8624
DAY1
07
District
Gateshead
Easting
426670
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555650
parish
Birtley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Birtley
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Demolished 2005.
Site Type: Broad
Hotel
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Demolished 2005.
Site Name
Birtley, Station Hotel
Site Type: Specific
Hotel
HER Number
8625
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
G. Nairn and D. Rand, 1997, Images of England - Birtley, p 37
YEAR1
2006