Newcastle – Tyne & Wear – reading and walks
October 17th, 2017
If you are able to start with this book, read every page and use the buildings you like as stops on your tour. Some of the better known buildings have been demolished such as the Dunston Rocket and the Gateshead car park. The Elswick Swimming pool is out of use through lack of funding.
I haven’t been paid to say this it’s just that having found it in Byker library I wish I had read it before coming to Newcastle because I missed some good buildings and I don’t want you to repeat my mistake.
Otherwise continue below where I have provided all the information I could find from the libraries for interesting walks.
West End library local history section
Background reading
Tyne Gorge study – by Land Use Consultants
Superlative Newcastle – Jones the planner
An afternoon in Newcastle/Gateshead – Douglas Murphy
Fog on the Tyne – Owen Hatherley
‘Brasilia Man’ – Newcastle’s T. Dan Smith
City of Newcastle upon Tyne
GraingerTown.pdf – English Heritage
Wingrove / Elswick
Read my research notes about Elswick.
Exploring C19th Elswick – a walk
Elswick through the years – StJamesChurchNewcastle – Elswick through the years
Jesmond
Read my account of a walk around Jesmond.
Pevsner – Northumberland
The C19th suburbs of Jesmond and Heaton lie respectively …
Heaton
Read my Twitter flyby of a visit to Heaton.
Read Pevsner Northumberland.
Read my Twitter flyby of Byker and Lower Ouseburn.
Byker_Malpass.pdf – A reappraisal of Byker – Peter Malpass AJ May 9th 1979
The Architect and the Community – Peter Malpass
The Architect and the community Malpass
Sarah Glynn
Good Homes: lessons in successful public housing from Newcastle’s Byker Estate
Newcastle upon Tyne residential areas
Pevsner – Northumberland
The Byker Estate by Elain Harwood p.232 Newcastle and Gateshead – Pevsner
Byker was developed in the 1890s with lines of Tyneside flats …
The following link leads to no documents but I’ll leave it here for reference in case the AJ ever reinstate the pdfs. Peter Malpass on Byker from the archive – from the AJ
The article is here The Architect and the community
and another by Peter Malpass here:-
Byker_Malpass.pdf
Walker – Local History section
Read Pevsner – Northumberland.
Newcastle areas website
Gateshead
Gateshead.pdf (local) – English Heritage – Gateshead (EH)
Urban design, heritage & character analysis report – Bensham and Saltwell
Document here BenshamGVA
Bensham and Saltwell walking maps.pdf
Pevsner – Durham
Shipcote and Gateshead Fell p261 – Newcastle and Gateshead – Pevsner
In 1800 Gateshead was still essentially three main streets forming a T at the S end of Tyne Bridge …
North Tyneside Council
North Shields
Read my account of a walk around North Shields.
“At North Shields library there is a dedicated local history department called Discover, (tel 0191 643 5270) which has a wealth of maps, photographs etc.” – Cullercoats librarian by email.
Email discover@northtyneside.gov.uk. There is a website https://northshieldstrail.org/ where you can download a trail around North Shields, we also have copies in the library.
Leaflet here NSTrail.pdf
There are also a few interactive cycle maps of north Tyneside which are very useful for finding your way around the area https://gosmartergoactive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/tne_70k_map.pdf
From North Shields library by email
Tynemouth and North Shields walks
Read my account of a wet walk round Tynemouth.
Cullercoats walks
Whitley Bay walks
South Tyneside Council
South Shields
Follow the link below and start walking …
Read Pevsner – Durham
Local History section
Thank you Gill at the tourist office of South Shields library (The Word) for sending me an envelope full of leaflets which are wonderful walks and information about the area. They are greatly appreciated. I have tried to link those online here where possible.
Jarrow
Read Pevsner – Durham.
Local History section
Refer to South Shields tourist department on 0191 424 7846
Hebburn
Read my account of a flying visit to Hebburn.
“Hebburn through time” and “Hebburn History Tour” both by Derek Dodds
Read Pevsner – Durham.
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