Dukes Cottages, Newburn Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Dukes Cottages, Newburn Road by Andrew Curtis as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Dukes Cottages, Newburn Road
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 23 Jul 2010
Built for the Duke of Northumberland. Taken from the steps below the War Memorial Image There used to be a small rose garden behind the bus shelter close to this location and the library Image, planted by the council in 1956. This was called Rose Park and was originally on land belonging to the tenth Duke of Northumberland, Hugh Algernon Percy. He rented it to Newburn Urban District Council for one rose per year http://www.petersen-stainless.co.uk/blb/history.html
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.982928
Longitude
-1.742772