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Gosforth
Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, situated north of the Newcastle City Centre, City Centre. It constituted a separate Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district of Northumberland from 1895 until 1974 before officially merging with the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2001, it had a population of 23,620. The Ouseburn divides Gosforth from Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, High Heaton and Longbenton to the east, while the smaller Craghall Burn forms the boundary with Jesmond and the Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Town Moor to the south. Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Kenton and Coxlodge lie to the west. There are four ward (politics), electoral wards on Newcastle City Council that include parts of Gosforth: Dene and South Gosforth, Fawdon and West Gosforth, Gosforth (ward), Gosforth, and Parklands, Newcastle upon Tyne, Parklands. History The origin of the area's name is thought to have come from 'Gese Ford', meaning 'the Ford (crossing), ford over th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gosforth Council Offices
Gosforth Council Offices is a former municipal building in the High Street in Gosforth, Tyne and Wear in England. The building, which served as the offices of Gosforth Urban District Council, is now in commercial use. History Following significant population growth, largely associated with its status as a residential suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, a local board was established in Gosforth in 1872. In anticipation of the local board being succeeded by Gosforth Urban District Council in 1894, civic leaders decided to commission council offices for meetings of the new council. The site they selected was open land on the east side of Gosforth High Street. Construction of new building started in 1894. The building was designed in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry with ashlar stone dressings and was completed in 1895. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of four bays facing onto the High Street. The first bay on the left, which was single storey, was fene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gosforth Urban District
Gosforth was a local government district in Northumberland from 1872 to 1974. On 20 September 1872, a Local board of health, Local Board was formed for the civil parishes of South Gosforth and Coxlodge, known as the South Gosforth Local Board. Under the local Government Act 1894 South Gosforth became an Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district. A year later, by a Northumberland County Council order dated 14 March 1895, the title was changed to Gosforth Urban District. The council was based at the Gosforth Council Offices, council offices in the High Street in Gosforth. On 15 July 1903, the Urban District Council applied for an order from Northumberland County Council to extend its boundaries to include the parishes of North Gosforth, East Brunton, West Brunton, Fawdon and the greater part of Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Kenton. On 9 September 1903, an inquiry was held into the Gosforth Scheme, but the proposal was refused. The parishes of Coxlodge and South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south. It is the most populous settlement in the Tyneside conurbation and North East England. Newcastle developed around a Roman Empire, Roman settlement called Pons Aelius. The settlement became known as ''Monkchester'' before taking on the name of The Castle, Newcastle, a castle built in 1080 by William the Conqueror's eldest son, Robert Curthose. It was one of the world's largest ship building and repair centres during the Industrial Revolution. Newcastle was historically part of the county of Northumberland, but governed as a county corporate after 1400. In 1974, Newcastle became part of the newly-created metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. The local authority is Newcastle Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parklands, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Parklands is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. It encompasses the northern edge of the suburb of Gosforth, north of the Metro line and bisected north–south by the Great North Road to the northern boundary of the City of Newcastle, bounded to the west by the A1 and east by the A189. It possesses large areas of green space including Gosforth Park Race Course, Gosforth Wood and Gosforth Lake, plus a number of golf courses. Melton Park contains the remains of a medieval chapel which is a scheduled ancient monument. Component parts For electoral purposes, following boundary changes in 2018, the incorporation of Garden Village and fields to the north on which North Gosforth Park housing is being built, Parklands Ward is divided into 6 polling districts * – Grange Estate/Park * – Brunton Park, North Brunton and Great Park east of A1 (Melbury and Warkworth Woods) * – North Gosforth Park * – Melton Park north to Sandy Lane and east to Salter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coxlodge
Coxlodge is an area situated between Fawdon, Gosforth and Kenton in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland. History Coxlodge was formerly a township in the parish of Gosforth, in 1866 Coxlodge became a separate civil parish, By order of the Local Government Board on 20 September 1872, the parishes of South Gosforth and Coxlodge were constituted into an urban district, the South Gosforth Local Board. After the Local Government Act 1894, it became the South Gosforth Urban District Council. A year later, by a Northumberland County Council order dated 14 March 1895, the title was changed again to Gosforth Urban District Council. The parishes of Coxlodge and South Gosforth were amalgamated into the parish of Gosforth on 1 April 1908. In 1901 the parish had a population of 7767. The Gosforth Urban District Council was finally abolished on 1 April 1974 to become part of Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan borough. It is now i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland
Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumbria to the west, and the Scottish Borders council area to the north. The town of Blyth, Northumberland, Blyth is the largest settlement. Northumberland is the northernmost county in England. The county has an area of and a population of 320,274, making it the least-densely populated county in England. The south-east contains the largest towns: Blyth, Northumberland, Blyth, Cramlington, Ashington, Bedlington, and Morpeth, Northumberland, Morpeth, the last of which is the administrative centre. The remainder of the county is rural, the largest towns being Berwick-upon-Tweed in the far north and Hexham in the south-west. For local government purposes Northumberland is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area. The county Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyne And Wear
Tyne and Wear () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England. It borders Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south, and the largest settlement is the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The county is largely urbanised, with a population of 1.14 million in 2021. After Newcastle, the largest settlements are the city of Sunderland, Gateshead, and South Shields. Nearly all of the county's settlements belong to the Tyneside or Wearside conurbations, the latter of which extends into County Durham. For local government purposes Tyne and Wear comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, City of Sunderland, Sunderland, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. The borough councils collaborate through the North East Combined Authority, which also includes Durham County Council and Northumberland County Council. The county was created in 1974 from south-east Northumberland and north-east County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Upon Tyne North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Newcastle upon Tyne North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Catherine McKinnell of the Labour Party. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, effective from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency underwent wholesale boundary changes, with only 41.3% of the previous seat being included in the redrawn one. History Parliament created this seat under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the general election later that year. It was one of four divisions of the parliamentary borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which had previously been represented by one two-member seat. The constituency included much of Newcastle city centre from 1950 to 1983, despite the fact that the Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency was retained, albeit with redrawn boundaries. Following the local government reorganisation arising from the Local Government Act 1972, major boundary changes resulted in a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandling Of Newcastle
The Brandlings of Newcastle were a wealthy family of merchants and land and coal owners in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland. Tudor and Stuart periods Sir John Brandling, who was knighted at Blackheath, London, Blackheath in 1497 and married Elizabeth Helye of Northumberland, settled in Newcastle where he served as sheriff of Newcastle, sheriff in 1505, and as Mayor#United Kingdom, mayor in 1509, 1512, 1516 and 1520. His son, Sir Robert Brandling (died 1568), served as sheriff of Newcastle in 1524 and also as mayor in 1536, 1543, 1547 and 1564. In 1547, whilst mayor, he was knighted by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, following the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, in Scotland. He was Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland. Another son, Henry Brandling (1515–1578), was Sheriff of Newcastle in 1566 and mayor of the city in 1568, 1575 and 1576. His brother Thomas Brandling (1512–1590) was educated at the newly established Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, Royal Grammar School, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament Constituency)
Newcastle upon Tyne Central was a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament from 2010 until its abolition for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election by Chi Onwurah of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. As with all constituencies since 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950, the constituency elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the seat was included in the new constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West (UK Parliament constituency), Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West. History Parliament created this seat under the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the general election later that year. It was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
