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In the foreground is the 1795 cross from [[2219039]]
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Dist:0.2km<br/>View west down the street of the old village with The Half Moon on the right [[2221935]] and The Lawns (apartments) on the left.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>There is an photo of this location from c1900 here http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=ryton&record=160
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Dist:0.2km<br/>According to the C19th century local historian, William Bourn, Whitewell Lane got its name from a well on the west side of the street which was usually whitewashed on the outside. There is a old photo here http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=ryton&record=79
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Dist:0.2km<br/>View from Northumberland Road.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>View from Northumberland Road.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Another view of [[2221256]] The shops are shown when they were relatively new around 1910 here http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=elvaston&record=5
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The west end of the former Victorian shopping parade on Elvaston Road [[2221259]], now mostly converted to residential use, but some of the shop fronts have been retained. One of the shops has an oriel window topped by a turret with a spire. It was built as an observatory. The corner building, the former Lloyds Bank, was probably built as a house in the C19th century, was converted into a bank after 1912. It was disused by 1992 and was converted to a medical Centre. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1345785
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Elvaston Road is on the left [[2221256]] Elvaston House and Manor House are set back from the road. There is a photo from this location from around 1900 here http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=elvaston&record=0
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking east from the Village Green, Barmoor Lane turns into Elvaston Road at the distant junction with Northumberland Road. On the right is Town Farm Cottage, Town Farm House and the Granary. Next is Lynndale and Northumberland House on the corner. The shops in Elvaston Road are beyond the junction with the ornate tower and spire overlooking the street. There is a photo dated c1896 from the same location here http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=ryton&record=168
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Dist:0.3km<br/>There is a description and wider view here [[2221271]]
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The large house is dated 1742 and has early C20th additions of round bows on the two end walls [[2218931]]. It has an ornate garden and castellated lodge house from the same period. http://www.twsitelines.info/Siteline.nsf/SMR/3FA4C0DF89176FEC802576AF003E7120?opendocument The house was an old peoples' home until 1988 and is now again a private residence. There is another photo here [[2223000]]
©Andrew Curtis
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©Andrew Curtis

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