Houses on north side of Ovingham Road, Wylam
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Houses on north side of Ovingham Road, Wylam
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 28 Dec 2011
The house on the right, opposite the end of Woodcroft Road, was at one time known as Brewery House. It dates from the early C19th http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=239515 The Brewery, which was located in out buildings to its rear, closed in the 1870s when the main colliery and ironworks in the village had themselves closed. Iveach Cottage is joined on to its left. Next door are Willow Cottage and Willow House. Willow Cottage was the home of Nancy Ridley whose book, 'Portrait of Northumberland', expressed her love and deep knowledge about the county and its history. It was first published in 1965. At the end of an appendix to the 4th Edition (1973), entitled 'The County in the Seventies', she wrote: "After the uncertainties attending the Local Government reorganisation it is with relief and gratitude that I end this appendix with my address still at Willow Cottage, Wylam in the County of Northumberland."
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Image Location
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54.975706
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-1.825307