Earsdon is a village in the borough of
North Tyneside
North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation. North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park, Wallsend.
North Tyneside is bordered by Ne ...
in the county of
Tyne and Wear
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The county is ...
, England. It sits on the border of
Northumberland
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, which it is
historically part of, and is approximately two miles from
Whitley Bay. The village had a population of 613 in 2011.
History
Earsdon was an
urban district from 1897 to 1935, consisting of the four parishes of Earsdon,
Backworth
Backworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, about west of Whitley Bay on the north east coast. It lies northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne. Other nearby towns include North Shie ...
, Holywell, and Murton. Earsdon Urban District and parish was abolished on 1 April 1935, with the majority of the area going to
Seaton Valley
Seaton Valley is a civil parish at the south eastern corner of Northumberland, and northern North Tyneside, consisting of five villages lying between Cramlington, Blyth, Northumberland, Blyth and Whitley Bay. The largest village is Seaton Delav ...
, apart from small areas which went to
Tynemouth
Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, England, River Tyne, hence its name. It is east-northeast of Newcastle up ...
and
Whitley and Monkseaton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 5965.
Features
The graveyard of
St Alban's
Anglican
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church is home to a memorial to the 204 men and boys killed in the
Hartley Colliery disaster
The Hartley Colliery disaster (also known as the Hartley Pit disaster or Hester Pit disaster) was a coal mining accident in Northumberland, England, that occurred on 16 January 1862 and resulted in the deaths of 204 men and children. The beam o ...
of 1862, at the nearby village of
New Hartley. There is also a war memorial in the village.
A second church, Earsdon
Methodist
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Chapel, is located within a former quarry.
There is a disused coal mine works a short distance from the village, including the Fenwick Heap. After closure, the heap spontaneously combusted underground and was burning internally until work started to reclaim the land. The reclamation work started in 2009 and was completed in September 2010.
In fiction
* The children's television series ''
Supergran'' was filmed in part in the village.
* The Beehive Inn near Earsdon was used for the filming of the 1976 film
The Likely Lads.
Gallery
File:Earsdon Parish Church.JPG, Church of St Alban
File:Hartley Pit Disaster Monument.JPG, Monument to Hartley Pit Disaster in St Alban's churchyard
References
External links
Genuki.bpaers.org.uk accessed 10 November 2008
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Villages in Tyne and Wear
Unparished areas in Tyne and Wear
Former civil parishes in Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside