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Earsdon
Earsdon is a historical village in the borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It sits on the border of Northumberland (to which it belonged in the past), and is approximately two miles from Whitley Bay. The village had a population of 613 in 2011.
History
Earsdon was an urban district from 1894 to 1935, consisting of the four parishes of Earsdon, Backworth, Holywell, and Murton. It was then split between Seaton Valley, Tynemouth, and Whitley and Monkseaton, with Seaton Valley taking the bulk of the population of both the district and Earsdon parish.
Features
The graveyard of St Alban's Anglican church is home to a memorial to the 204 men and boys killed in the Hartley Colliery Disaster of 1862, at the nearby village of New Hartley. There is also a war memorial in the village.
A second church, Earsdon Methodist 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.
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034057:Taylor Memorial School Earsdon C.1910
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Conservation Areas
- Summary County Durham Northumberland Teesside Tyne and Wear Conservation areas have special restrictions imposed on development in order to retain the character of the area. Conservation areas were first introduced …
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Earsdon Village Conservation Area - North Tyneside Council
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Earsdon Village Conservation Area Character Statement, 2006
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Tyne and Wear HER(783): Earsdon village
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"The earliest reference to Earsdon seems to be in the early C12 when it was listed among the possessions of Tynemouth priory. In 1292, except …
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
034057:Taylor Memorial School Earsdon C.1910
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Conservation Areas
- Summary County Durham Northumberland Teesside Tyne and Wear Conservation areas have special restrictions imposed on development in order to retain the character of the area. Conservation areas were first introduced …
from http://www.northtyneside.gov.…
Earsdon Village Conservation Area - North Tyneside Council
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Simon Cotterill
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Earsdon Village Conservation Area Character Statement, 2006
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Simon Cotterill
from http://www.twsitelines.info/S…
Tyne and Wear HER(783): Earsdon village
- SiteLines - Historic Environment Record
"The earliest reference to Earsdon seems to be in the early C12 when it was listed among the possessions of Tynemouth priory. In 1292, except …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Tyne and Wear
North Tyneside
Beehive Inn, nr Earsdon
Cannon Inn, Earsdon
Church of St. Alban, Earsdon
Earsdon at War
Earsdon Colliery (1823-1934)
Earsdon Parish, 1848
Earsdon Parish, 1855
War Memorial, Earsdon
Earsdon, Historical Account, 1890
Edward Eccles Church Hall, Earsdon
Historical Account of Earsdon, 1894
Map and Aerial View of Earsdon
Methodist Chapel, Earsdon
Red Lion, Earsdon
