Ouseburn Timeline

Action 7. Mapping the historical development of Ouseburn Valley. Glasshouse Bridge Byker Bridge 1880 e 1837 1878 1982 t r Ouseburn Armstrong Bridge Metro Bridge by n u t replaces the Ove Arup. e Viaduct c constructed. crossing via m u Benton Bank r p t o s l eastern suburbs of the city a r ve f 1839 1860 e 1911 1939 n Victoria Victoria Tunnel ceases to be Ouseburn Culvert Victoria Tunnel d I Tunnel used due to closure of Colliery. completed. and the Culvert built. are converted into Air Raid Shelters Pottery 1950s 1814 1850 1859 1871 1878 1912 1926 1963 Robert Maling began world famous 16 Pottery sites Ford A Pottery set up by Wood’s Pottery Ford B Pottery opened Wood’s Pottery Ford A Street is closed Maling Pottery Ouseburn Bridge Pottery operating in Maling, the works were established, employing by Maling closes and the buildings completely closed t Ouseburn are regarded as an the Valley heavily mechanised 70 people. cleared of industry n economic asset, increasing the e l m value of area. ia Coal r p t o s 1835 1860 1979 1984 l e Miners Strike it became u Colliery opened Colliery closed Since the 1980s artists have come v d came to power a symbolic struggle Industrial e n Loss of an industry to the Valley, occupying and I d Factories & works Glass 1600s 1900s identity of Ouseburn. Many funds Sir Robert Mansell was granted a monopoly on 1870s glass making. Sets up 3 houses in Ouseburn. Cattle Sanatorium was dies and the glass houses and established on Ouseburn Bridge, factories are demolished. the artists and this new brand of as a holding area for livestock the area. imported from Scandinavia. Warehouse 1906 1976 ‘Urban village’ Former Northumberland opens in part of the old Cattle Lead Works becomes the attract external investors, like igloo. Sanatorium. City Farm Byker. 1970s 1853 1853 1914-1918 1929 1939-1942 Residential Cholera epidemic. Graveyard made into a WW1 Wall Street crash WW2 1990s l Ballast Hills Graveyard children’s playground a c closed. i t i l o p 1906 1950 1968 1982 s o- i Ralph Erskine begins the design for et c Valley above Ouseburn Culvert Valley above Ouseburn Culver Byker estate. Tenants are encouraged more than 2,500 houses are Green Spaces v o e begins. ends. to participate in the design process. provided. S parks, allotments & 1985 Ouseburn Trust formed playgrounds 12,042 11,697 11,955 12,064 1930 1940s-1950s 1960s 1982 1997-2002 Slum clearances begin, just a few Slum clearance programme Land clearance from the City Stadium Tyne and Wear Development Single Regeneration Budgets gives £2.4 10667 buildings survive demolition. continues. to below Byker Bank enforced using the Corporation undertakes the Quayside million to recover the local economy 9574 Compulsory Purchase Orders redevelopment. and community in Ouseburn Valley. n n 7,791 o i Public buildings t a h l t Schools, churches u w o op r P g 1990s - http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/your-council/statistics-and census-information/ouseburn-2001-census 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010.

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