Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne
Elswick is a district of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It is not far from Newcastle City Centre and is located close to the River Tyne.[1] Elswick has many notable buildings, historic and modern. This includes Newcastle Utilita Arena, Newcastle College buildings, St Michael's Church, and St Stephen's Church.[2][3][4] It has flats in the Cruddas Park estate, the main one being Cruddas Park House, which has a shopping centre and a campus of Newcastle College.
Hadrian's Wall ran near Elswick. Elswick was a colliery for coal mining in the 1300s, where the Prior of Tynemouth (its owner) called the area by name, "Elstewyke".[5] Elstewyke means something similar to noble farm.[6] Then on, Elswick was owned by the Crown from 1539 to 1628 until King Charles I sold it. Lead Works were built on the area in 1778 until 1951.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 300.
- ↑ "Newcastle College". www.ncl-coll.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "St Michael's Catholic Church, Newcastle Upon Tyne – Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, City Centre Partnership". Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ Trust, Churches Conservation. "St Stephen's Church, Low Elswick". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "Elswick Colliery - DMM".
- ↑ "Etymology". Tyne and Wear Local History Archive.
- ↑ "Elswick Lead Works". Sitelines. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
