Elswick Lodge, Park Close
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Elswick Lodge, Park Close
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 11 Mar 2010
Villa, built in 1844 for Robert Hawthorn, locomotive manufacturer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_and_W_Hawthorn From 1920 to 1969 it was run by Newcastle Diocesan Council for Moral Welfare as a mother's and babies home. It is now a rehabilitation centre. Tyne and Wear HER (8753): Elswick, Park Close, Elswick Lodge and wall attached http://www.twsitelines.info
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Image Location
Latitude
54.968909
Longitude
-1.636644
