Old Colliery School and Schoolhouse
Introduction
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Old Colliery School and Schoolhouse
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 28 Dec 2011
The former Colliery School was built in 1854 at the instigation of J.F.B. Blackett (M.P. for Newcastle in 1852) and was used until a new school was built in Falcon Terrace in 1910 Image The Colliery School was, for a time, the Wylam Assembly Church, and is a Grade II Listed Building http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1370463&resourceID=5 The Old Schoolhouse to its left dates from the early C18th. It was formerly the village school itself, then became the schoolmaster's house. It is also Grade II Listed http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1044927&resourceID=5 Close to this site, between 1805 and 1827, lived William Hedley (1779-1843), the famous locomotive pioneer. There is a plaque on a wall on the other side of Woodcroft Road Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.975525
Longitude
-1.824214