Heaton’s Lost Burn

  • Description

    Includes aerial photographs of the burn in Heaton from the 1920s "... how many of us knew that another burn once meandered through the township?...So which burn is it? The stream is Wallsend Burn which, once it leaves Heaton, is unculverted most of the way from Wallsend Golf Course, across Richardson Dees Park to the Tyne at Willington Quay, just west of the pedestrian tunnel. It’s not a long watercourse – we aren’t sure but it seems to rise just north west of Heaton and Byker Cemetery – and neither was it wide but in times past our small river will have been an important resource for local people, it has played its part in the history of Heaton for thousands of years and presumably still flows beneath our feet. Please let us know though if you think differently or can provide more information about the burn or the history of this area. There’s definitely more research to be done!..."
  • Owner

    Heaton History Group
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: https://heatonhistorygroup.org/tag/wallsend-burn/
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 3 years, 3 months ago
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