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Woodcroft Road, WYLAM, NE41 8DH

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There is another photo here Image Although there was no parish church in Wylam until St Oswin's was built in 1886 Image, the Wesleyans had had a chapel in the village at least half a century earlier and part of the present Methodist Chapel in Chapel Lane is thought to date from 1834. The two date stones on the front of the old chapel building (right), however, record 1873 and 1875. During the 18th century, non-conformists in the village probably worshipped at a meeting place at nearby Horsley, which was visited by John Wesley several times during his trips to Northumberland.

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

To the left is the west end of Burgoyne Terrace. The gable end of the building on the right is the former village school then schoolmaster's house facing Woodcroft Road Image

A panorama stitched from 4 photos using a cylindrical projection. There is a more conventional view here Image

The building facing was at one time another of Wylam's several public houses, The Bird Inn. The property is joined to the Ship Inn which is still in business Image A building plan illustrates the propsed re-building of 'The Bird Inn' at Wylam for Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1897 and was approved by Hexham Rural District Council on the 8th June 1897 https://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/008865.htm On the right is the Spar grocers, now including the post office business which was previously across the road Image

The former Post Office building Image is now owned by Wylam Parish Council, who bought it in 2011 with a £500,000 grant, to save it from closure. Run as Steve's Emporium, the Post Office business was controversially moved in 2016 as part of a programme of modernisation to make it easier for customers to use the services. The Post Office now operates from the Spar grocers across the road who offered 7 days a week and long opening hours. Hexham Courant, 14 January 2016: http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/prudhoe/Seven-day-service-could-force-village-PO-to-move-4a60ab0e-4bd6-4566-9263-320fc51c3333-ds