Coxlodge
Coxlodge | ||
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Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE | |
Postcode district | NE3 | |
Dialling code | 0191 | |
Police | Northumbria | |
Fire | Tyne and Wear | |
Ambulance | North East | |
UK Parliament | ||
Coxlodge is an area situated between Fawdon, Gosforth and Kenton in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.
History
Coxlodge was formerly a
The development of the colliery caused the population to expand from just 108 in 1801 to 965 in 1831.[5] The Coxlodge Hotel was built in 1868 and later became the Trap Public House;[6] As of 2023[update] The Trap is slated for demolition.[7] By 1878 the population was 1538, and the creation of housing for miners continued into the 20th century.[5] Additional council housing was built in the aftermath of World War One and after World War Two many of the miners cottages were replaced with additional council housing.[5]
A school and Roman Catholic Church and School was built in 1861.[5] A Methodist Chapel was built in 1817, and then replaced in 1874.[5] In 1877 a Board School was built.[5]
Mining
Coal mining had been in the area as early as 1757, and Coxlodge Colliery was developed by Matthew Bell and Charles John Brandling in 1809/10.[5][8] There were three pits in the Coxlodge Colliery, the Bower Pit,[9] the Jubilee Pit, which was on Jubilee Road opposite Jubilee Crescent, and the Regent Pit which is now the Regent Centre business park and St Charles R.C. School next to the current Metro line.
An explosion at the Bower pit on 6 March 1863 resulted in 19 deaths.[9] The colliery closed on 16 June 1894 with the miners being transferred to other local pits.[8] Some of the spoil was later used in the construction of the runway at Newcastle Airport.[5]
Notable residents
Notable people who were born in Coxlodge include Tommy Glidden, an English footballer.
- Coxlodge Hall
A number of wealthy people lived in a large residence called Coxlodge Hall, which was built in 1796 by Job Bulman, a medical man originally from Gateshead who had made his money in India. Bulman lived there until he died in 1818. The hall was sold a number of times and occupants included the soap manufacturer Thomas Hedley and shipbuilders Andrew Leslie and Sir Rowland Hodge. The Hall itself was destroyed by fire in 1877, but was rebuilt two years later. The building was eventually used as a private school until it was demolished in 1939.[10] A lodge on Gosforth High Street and the Coach House or Stables still survive.[11] In 1950 the coach house was eventually turned into offices. The previous owners were Summers-Inman Construction and Property Consultants, who bought the coach house of Coxlodge Hall in 1972 and had since renovated the location.[12]
In 2018 McDougall Dodds unveiled plans to turn the site into 8 residential properties, which then in-turn went on the market in 2020.[13]
Transport
The nearest
There used to be a railway station called Coxlodge station, which was in use between 1905 and 1929, on the
St Nicholas Hospital
In the 1850s Newcastle upon Tyne's hospitals for mentally ill patients were overcrowding;[16] a new asylum was promised in Coxlodge, where a 50-acre (200,000 m2) farmstead had been purchased. It opened as Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Lunatic Asylum in July 1869. In 1882 it changed its name to Newcastle upon Tyne City Lunatic Asylum.[16] In 1948 the National Health Service took over the hospital and changed the name to St Nicholas Hospital.[16]
References
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Coxlodge CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Population statistics Coxlodge CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- Tyne and Wear Archives Service.)
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- ^ "Tyne and Wear HER(9968): Coxlodge, Kenton Road, The Trap Public House (Coxlodge Hotel) - Details". TW Site lines. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Holland, Daniel (12 December 2018). "Dilapidated pub could finally be demolished to make way for homes and shops". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Coxlodge Colliery". The Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
- ^ a b "Coxlodge Colliery, Bower Pit". sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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- ^ "Newcastle upon Tyne". northumbrian-coast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
- ^ "Newcastle Office". Summers-Inman Construction and Property Consultants. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
- ^ Ford, Coreena (9 May 2019). "Former Gosforth mansion to be transformed into luxury flats and houses". The Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Ponteland Light Railway & Darras Hall Branch". Northumbrian Railways. Retrieved 26 April 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Coxlodge Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "St Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth - Reference number HO.SN". Tyne & Wear Archives Service. Retrieved 6 January 2015.