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Coquet Villa – house of romance

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Take a stroll through Jesmond Old Cemetery and you'll come across this imposing headstone. It marks the grave of George Thompson, who, the inscription tells...

Pupils and teacher reunited

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Heaton History Group is entering its third year and one of its great successes has been the number of old friendships renewed and new...

Leslie Daykin Jeffcoat, a son and great uncle at war

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Our HLF-funded 'Heaton Avenues in Wartime' project has uncovered many poignant stories. That of Leslie Daykin Jeffcoat of 34 Third Avenue was especially moving...

King John’s Heaton

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2015 is the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, which led us to wonder about the many references to King John...

Heaton Mining Disaster – 200 years on

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3 May 2015 was the 200th anniversary of one of Newcastle's worst ever disasters; an accident, caused by flooding, at Heaton Main Colliery, which...

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