Lemington is an area and

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in the West End of

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England.

History

Lemington has a strong industrial history. It is famous for its brick glassworks cone, built in 1787. The

River Tyne The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden, Northumberland, Warden near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The ...

used to pass very close to Lemington, until the Tyne Improvement Commission cut a new, shorter, straighter channel over the Blaydon Haugh, leaving behind the Lemington Gut. Also visible are the ruins of the former Tyne Iron Company Ironworks which were built in 1797 and decommissioned in 1886. Its

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are still evident near

Lemington Power Station Lemington Power Station was a small, now demolished coal-fired power station, located in North East England. It was situated on the Lemington Gut, a backwater of the River Tyne, at Lemington, west of Newcastle upon Tyne. The station's main bu ...

. The power station was built in 1903 to supply the tram system with electricity. It was largely demolished in 1946. The remains of Lemington Staithes can be seen on the Lemington Gut near the power station. The staithes used to mark the end of the North Wylam to Lemington Point waggonway, which took coal from the local collieries to the staithes for export. On 12 July 1875 Lemington Station opened on the

Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway The Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway was a railway company that built the North Wylam branch or North Wylam loop on the former Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. The loop line opened between 1871 and 1876 and followed the former Wylam waggonwa ...

. On 15 September 1958 the station closed to passengers and on 4 January 1960 the station was closed to goods, but the lines weren't lifted until 1992, when the Ever Ready battery factory in

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closed. The

Anglo Great Lakes Graphite Plant The Anglo Great Lakes Graphite Plant was a large graphite works situated in the North East of England. It was positioned at Lemington in Newcastle upon Tyne, on the north bank of the River Tyne. The plant was operated by the Anglo Great Lakes ...

which operated in the area, also closed around this time. In 1843 the Lemington graveyard made way for industrial development. This was later used for school grounds. In the 2000s the school was demolished to make way for housing. Today, it is largely a residential area of the city and includes the large Dumpling Hall housing estate and the Vallum which were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s.

Notable people

Harold Elsdon Harold Elsdon (19 February 1921 – 8 May 1995) was an English cricketer. Elsdon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Lemington, Northumberland. Elsdon made his debut for Northumberland against the Lancashire ...

(1921–1995), cricketer

References

External links

Newcastle Council Ward Info: Lemington
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