Walbottle is a village in the

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district, in the county of

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, England. It is west of

History

The village name, recorded in 1176 as "Walbotl", is derived from the Old English ''botl'' (building) on

Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall (, also known as the ''Roman Wall'', Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Aelium'' in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Roman Britain, Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Ru ...

. There are a number of Northumbrian villages which are suffixed "-bottle".

Bede Bede (; ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Bede of Jarrow, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the most known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most f ...

, in his ''

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'', refers to a royal estate called ''Ad Murum'' near the Roman Wall where, in 653 AD, the King of the Middle Angles, Peada, and the King of the East Saxons, Sigeberht, were both baptised as Christians by Bishop Finan, having been persuaded to do so by King Oswy of Northumbria. Historians have identified ''Ad Murum'' as a possible reference to Walbottle. Ann Potter, the mother of Lord Armstrong, the famous industrialist, was born at Walbottle Hall in 1780 and lived there until 1801. Wallbottle was formerly a

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in the parish of Newburn, in 1866 Wallbottle became a separate

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, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Newburn. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2510.

Notable people

* Both

George Stephenson George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and Mechanical engineering, mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victoria ...

and Timothy Hackworth, who can fairly be called the joint fathers of steam railways, worked at Walbottle Colliery in the early 19th century. The railway pioneer William Hedley also worked in the colliery. * Nixon introduced wrought iron rails (rather than cast iron) with a square cross-section on the Walbottle coal Railroad in 1803. ;Born in Walbottle: * Thomas Tommy Browell (1892–1955), professional footballer. * Richard Armstrong (author) (1903–1986), who wrote for both adults and children. He was the winner of the Carnegie Medal in 1948 for his book ''Sea Change''. He is also known for a biography of Grace Darling in which he challenges the conventional story: ''Grace Darling: Maid and Myth''. He is often described on the cover of his books as "author and mariner". * William Wilson (1809–1862). Mechanical Engineer who pioneered railways in Germany in the nineteenth century. ;Worked in Walbottle: *David Besford, (born 1946) former pupil of Walbottle Grammar School, returned to spend seven years as Head Teacher. * William Robert Messer, (born 1948) former pupil of Walbottle Grammar School (1959-1966) returned as Head of Art and Design from 1980 to 2008. Involved in the rebuild of Walbottle Campus 2006–2008.

References

External links

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