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Main Colliery was reopened in the mid-19th century and worked until 1921. Other pits and associated features included Blaydon Burn Colliery, Freehold pit and the Blaydon Burn Wagonway. Industries supported by the coal trade included chemical works, bottle works, sanitary pipe works, lampblack works, an ironworks, a smithy and brickworks - Cowen's Upper and Lower Brickworks were established in 1730 and were associated with a variety of features including a clay drift mine and coal/clay drops. The Lower works remains in operation. Blaydon Burn Coke Ovens, also of 19th-century origin, were replaced in the 1930s by Priestman Ottovale Coke and Tar Works which was the first in the world to produce petrol from coal known as Blaydon Benzole.
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Scots had been provoked by Charles I, who had imposed bishops and a foreign prayer book on their church. The Scots army, led by Alexander Leslie, fought its way to Newcastle and occupied the city for almost a year before Charles I paid it £200,000 to depart. The battle brought to an end the so-called 'Eleven Years of Tyranny' by forcing Charles to recall Parliament.
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century, suggesting a healthy population at that time. It is likely that, as well as farming, many industrial activities such as mining and quarrying had begun in the medieval and post-medieval periods, well before the industrial period of the 18th to 20th centuries when Blaydon became an important industrial centre.
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In addition to the workers' housing developments associated with industrialisation, a number of grand residences were constructed for industrialists in the area, such as Blaydon Burn House, home of Joseph Cowen, owner of the brickworks. Ironically, the remains of Old Dockendale Hall, an earlier grand
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The stimulus for industry at Blaydon and Blaydon Burn, as elsewhere in the region, was the growth in coal mining and the coal trade, particularly from the early 18th century, when the Hazard and Speculation pits were established at Low Shibdon linked to the Tyne by wagonways. The 18th century Blaydon
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played for Blaydon. Their smaller but no less illustrious neighbours, Winlaton Vulcans RFC play in Durham and Northumberland Division 2 and number Ken Goodall, the former Ireland and British Lion International, as one of their former players. They play in black shirts, shorts and socks with the club
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The earliest recorded evidence of human activity at Blaydon is a Neolithic polished stone axe found in the early 20th century. Finds and structures from later prehistoric periods include a bronze spearhead and log-boat, both recovered from the River Tyne in the 19th century. A number of Bronze Age
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Also known as the Battle of Newburn or Newburn Ford, this relatively unknown battle has recently been elevated in importance by English Heritage. On 28 August 1640, 20,000 Scots defeated 5,500 English soldiers who were defending the ford over the Tyne four miles (6 km) west of Newcastle. The
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opened in 1828, the Congregational church in 1829, and the Wesleyan Chapel in 1868. The latter two united to form Winlaton United Reformed-Methodist Church, but this closed in August 2015, with some members moving to join Trinity Methodist Church in Blaydon. The Primitive Methodists had opened a
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Little is recorded of medieval Blaydon, which appears to have been based upon the modern farm sites of High and Low Shibdon. The Blaydon Burn Belts Corn Mill, part of a row of 5 or 6 water corn mills stretching from Brockwell Wood to the River Tyne is known to have been present by the early 17th
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The post war era of the late 40s and 50s saw a rapid rise in demand for electricity and, in the North East, the extension of existing and construction of a number of new power stations was seen as a key part of the solution. For the Blaydon area, this meant the arrival of a new power station at
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In the 1930s, pupils at the now demolished Blaydon Intermediate School, under the leadership of English teacher Mr Elliott and art teacher Mr Boyce, gradually developed a technique for producing hardback books. Their productions were highly respected and favourably compared to other successful
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and completed in 1761. The last (10th) baronet died in 1893 and Axwell Hall later found use as a prisoner-of-war camp during the second world war and later as an approved school. Much of the park has been developed for residential purposes and the hall itself was, after two decades of decay,
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1970s creation, it contains the town's major shops. Blaydon Car Boot Sale takes place every Wednesday between March and October at Blaydon RFC. The area underwent a significant programme of housing regeneration between 2009 and 2014 with new developments in progress at High View on the
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The town of Blaydon is essentially an industrial area and is not more than two centuries old. Indeed, in the 1760s there was little here but a few farms and cottages. In the latter part of the same century a smelting works was set up from which sprang the industrial growth of the area.
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Despite being a largely urban and industrial area, there are various rural aspects to Blaydon and the surrounding area. The area has many acres of open countryside, mostly at 500 feet (150 m) or more above sea level, and numerous farms and similar holdings. Between
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As well as the Blaydon races, The Blaydon Harriers organise regular race meetings on the Shibdon Pond fields (and other venues) throughout the year. These are usually well-attended both by participants and spectators. The Harriers' colours are orange and black.
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in 2004. On 3 June 2009, Dairy Farmers of Britain went into receivership and the dairy in Chainbridge Road closed shortly afterwards with the loss of 300 jobs. In 2010 the dairy was acquired by Medina Dairies and reopened, but closed again just a year later.
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In 2009, the bus station was refurbished, at a cost of around £100,000. The refurbishment saw the installation of new shelters at each of its four stands, upgraded lighting systems, and the addition of real-time information systems.
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There is also a nature reserve north-west of Blaydon at Blaydon Burn, on the route of a wagon-way which carried coal to the riverside. The track, roughly a mile-and-a-half long, is used by walkers and cyclists and ends near the
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Since 2013 Blaydon has also been host to Blaydon Cycle Club, meeting weekly and throughout the week catering from novice cyclists right through to having a race team competing in local and national events.
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building in 1850, which was extended in 1895, and was later to become the Blaydon Corps of the Salvation Army; this corps closed in September 2012. St Anne's Catholic Church in Winlaton was opened in 1962.
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was opened in 2013, near Cowen Road. This was built by voluntary labour as Witnesses from all over the North-East donned hard hats and work gear, working under the supervision of professional builders.
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private printing presses of the time. In one volume produced by the school in 1935, entitled "Songs of Enchantment", the pupils were successful in convincing the famous poet
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Winlaton-Blaydon border, by the riverside on the site of the former Stella South power station and at Axwell Gardens, near to the existing Axwell Park estate.
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Historically, Blaydon was a major railway hub for both passenger and freight services. The town occupied an important geographical position in relation to
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residence (or perhaps a superior farmhouse) of 17th century or earlier construction, was destroyed when the coke and tar works was built at Blaydon Burn.
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and a high level considering the size of the town. The Crow Trees rugby ground is situated to the east of the town, in neighbouring
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badge of an arm gripping a hammer over an anvil depicting their heritage being formed from the steelworking heritage of the area.
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On the west of the town and a mile inland from the Tyne is Axwell Park, once the home of the Clavering family. Axwell Hall (also
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which extended inland from the Tyne along the River Derwent for ten miles (16 km), and included the mining communities of
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with many businesses operating from premises in Blaydon Haughs (or 'The Spike'), on the banks of the River Tyne.
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since 2017. The area has traditionally been a Labour stronghold and the seat has been held by them since 1935.
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Though the town itself has a relatively short history there has been activity in the area for many centuries.
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and Winlaton Mill are outer suburbs of the town, as they are not within Blaydon's boundaries but are nearby.
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Blaydon had a population of 15,155 in the 2011 census, which increased from 14,648 a decade earlier.
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Blaydon contains the following districts, some of them having been swallowed up by urban sprawl.
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There is also a Catholic church in Stella (St Mary and Thomas Aquinas, opened 1835) .
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A history of Newcastle upon Tyne from the earliest records to its formation as a city
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are located around 33 and 59 miles (53 and 95 km) away by road, respectively.
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woods, and these and other forested areas extend westward down the hillside to the
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Shibdon Pond, on the eastern edge of the town at the former site of Blaydon Main
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Blaydon is also an urban subdivision, which follows the same boundaries.
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cists are recorded from Summerhill and several others from Bewes Hill.
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to write a foreword in which he praised their enterprise and efforts.
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was a 17th-century mansion set in a park. The house was built by the
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The Blaydon area is the origin of the well-known traditional song "
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restored. There are plans to convert it to residential apartments.
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Blaydon has a shopping centre, known locally as the precinct. A
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Blaydon is made up of 17 output areas in the High Spen ward.
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the town centre to the north. The A695 links Blaydon with
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has designated Shibdon Pond as one of Tyne and Wear's
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population of the western part of Gateshead borough.
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Up-river from Blaydon and outside the town boundary,
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Blaydon-on-Tyne
Blaydon and Consett (UK Parliament constituency)

Blaydon is located in Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference
NZ2460
Metropolitan borough
Gateshead
Metropolitan county
Tyne and Wear
Region
North East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
NE21
Dialling code
Police
Northumbria
Fire
Tyne and Wear
Ambulance
North East
UK Parliament
Blaydon and Consett
UK
England

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