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St Helen's, Low Fell, was consecrated in 1876 to serve a new parish and built at the cost of Edward Joicey (colliery owner); this area was an upcoming suburb where the wealthy industrialists and merchants of Newcastle and Gateshead were building large houses. Today the area appears little changed. The church is in a "mature" churchyard (ie., you can't see it for trees!) which, being an urban location and postdating the Burial Acts of the middle of the 19th century, is not a burial ground. It is a very well maintained and, I was told, well attended church. It has four windows in the Nave by Morris & Co, three of them from designs by Sir Edward Burne Jones.
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Suburban housing flanks this section of A-Road just before Low Fell.
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A private road leading directly onto Durham Road.
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Grand gates lead to large council property.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>The Parish of Saint Helen owes its existence to the large population explosion experienced by industrial centres of the nineteenth century. Until then Low Fell had been but a small village on the Southern edge of Gateshead - coal mining being the principal occupation. The opening of the Gateshead to Durham Turnpike in 1827 served to put Low Fell on the map and many of the industrialists and merchants of Gateshead and Newcastle built large houses in the area, this being followed by a steady growth in population generally. Residents faced a stiff uphill climb to the local Parish Church of St. John at the top of Sheriff Hill. The new Parish of St. Helen was formed by combining parts of the parishes of St. Mary, Gateshead, St. John, Gateshead Fell and St. Cuthbert, Gateshead. The entire cost of the Church - £13,000 - was met by Edward Joicey of Whinney House, Low Fell who was a partner in the firm of Joicey and Co., colliery owners. The original living was in the gift of Mr.Joicey of the net annual value of £300. The Church was consecrated on 29th August 1876. http://www.sthelenslowfell.com/church-building.php
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The bandstand is in the area of the park known as The Grove. The arches provide access from South Park. Another picture here [[1045689]]
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Dist:0.4km<br/>A sculpture in Portland Stone by Daniel Clahane (b. 1966, London). 'It is about nurturing and protecting, with the hand gently cupping and holding the head as though it were that of an infant'. It was originally commissioned for the Gateshead Sculpture Festival in 2006.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>The South African or Boer War was 1899-1902. The inscription reads: "In Grateful Remembrance of the Gateshead Men who lost their lives in their Country’s Service. This Memorial was erected by their fellow Townsmen, October 1905" The roll of honour, as inscribed on the sides of the monument, is listed here http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Durham/GatesheadSaltwellPark.html Saltwell Towers [[1581133]] can be seen to the left beyond the Primosole Bridge [[1597593]]
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