Photographs Of Newcastle: Wylam

Wylam is a small village approximately 10 miles (16 kilometres) west of Newcastle upon Tyne.

It is famous for the being the birthplace of George Stephenson, one of the early rail pioneers. His cottage can be found on the north bank of the Tyne three quarters of a mile east of the village centre. It is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. Wylam has further connections with the early rail pioneers. The steam locomotive engineer Timothy Hackworth, who worked with Stephenson, was also born here. William Hedley who was born in the nearby village of Newburn attended the village school. He later went on to design and manufacture Puffing Billy in 1813, two years before George Stephenson produced his first locomotive Blücher.

Once an industrial workplace with collieries and an ironworks, it is now a commuting village for Newcastle upon Tyne and Hexham, served by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. Points Bridge (or Half-moon Bridge), an 80 metre wrought iron arch with suspended decking, once carried the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam railway over the Tyne. It is now a footbridge. Opened in 1876 at a then cost of £16,000, it is said to be the model for the later Tyne Bridge in Newcastle.

Text adapted from this article at Wikipedia

Wylam Methodist Church

Main Road

Main Road - Ship Inn

Main Road - Black Bull

Main Road - The Fox and Hounds

Main Road - War Memorial

Church Road - Wylam Institute

The River Tyne at Wylam

Older Photos

George Stephensons Cottage

Hagg Bank/Points Bridge

Wylam Railway Station

A panoramic photo of the Jubilee playing fields.

See also Abandoned Farm in Wylam. Some more photos taken by me on the same trip.

OLD PHOTOS OF WYLAM

Landscape photograph looking along the North Eastern Railway's Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Branch towards George Stephenson's cottage.
View from the northeast.
Image from 9 March 1969.
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