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Dewley Burn


Dewley Burn is a small river which flows near Throckley and continues as New Burn before discharging into the River Tyne.

19th century maps show a dam on Dewley Burn, built to feed a mill race to power Dweley Mill.

Dewley Pits (aka Dewley Burn Colliery), located to the north of the Burn, operated in the 18th and 19th century - for a time associated with George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson.

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Dewley Mill
- Cartington's rental of Newburn manor in 1499/1500 records that Alianora Lady Ogle held not only the hamlet of Dewlawe, but also "The West Milne", rent 462 8d, repairs allowed to …
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- Extract from: The Life of George Stephenson and of his son Robert Stephenson, by Samuel Smiles, 1881. Thus eight years passed; after which, the coal having been worked out on …
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Dewley
- Dewley was located to the north of Throckley in Newcastle. Medieval Settlement Dewley was a Medieval settlement, first documented in 1296, having 4 tax-payers. In 1622 Cuthbert Heron was recorded …
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Triple culvert on the Dewley Burn
- A triple culvert carries the Dewley Burn under the main A69 road (on top of the embankment seen in the background). The upper culvert presumably only becomes operational in times …
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