Sheriff Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the B1296 road 2 miles south of Gateshead, 2.5 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 12 miles n
Sheriffs Highway, Sheriff Hill
Malcolm III of Scotland was repelled by William the Conqueror at Sheriff Hill in 1068
The workforce at Fanny Pit, Sheriff Hill in 1921
A surviving reference to Sheriff Hill's pottery heritage at 124 Sheriff's Highway
Low Fell is a suburb of Gateshead situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. Built predominantly on sandstone, grindstone and clay, it is bordered by Sheriff Hill/Dec
Sheriff Hill
…to consist of 1,300 acres (530 ha) of land. A number of small, isolated settlements had developed around the road at modern-day Deckham, Wrekenton, Low Fell and Sheriff Hill. The few cottages and properties at Sheriff Hill were of such poor quality that in 1713, the total of ninety-one cottages returned…
Wesley Memorial Church, Low Fell
Carter's Well and its blue plaque
The Cannon Inn circa 2012. In the formative development of the settlement this pub was a major social focal point.
Wilsons's Literary Rooms, opened at Durham Road in 1841. It later became LLoyds bank, then lay unused for some time before its renovation in 2013 to an upmarket bar "The Bank".