National Gazetteer (1868) - Newcastle upon Tyne, All Saints
"BYKER, a township in the parish of Newcastle-upon-Tyne All Saints, Castle
ward, in the county of Northumberland, 2 miles from Newcastle. It is
situated on the N. bank of the Tyne, and is included within the borough. It
contains several manufactories of glass, pottery, &c. The inhabitants are
also employed in working the coalmines and the stone-quarries of the
vicinity. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Durham, value
£130, in the patronage of the crown and the bishop. There is a chapel
belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists."
"HEATON, a township in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne All Saints,
E. division of Castle ward,
county Northumberland, 1¾ mile N.E. of Newcastle. It is a station on the
North-Eastern railway, and forms part of the suburbs of Newcastle. It has
an old house called King John's Palace, and belonged to Robert de Gaugy and
the Babingtons. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the coal mines. The
Newcastle and North Shields railway passes through the township, by means
of a deep cutting nearly a mile in length."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson (c)2003]
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