Heaton History Group

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Heaton History Group Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne that is! Founded in November 2012. For anyone who loves Heaton and is interested in its history.

Lots of activities, research and events planned.

Our September talk is tonight, Wednesday 23rd, and introduces the rationale for focusing on African lives in northern En...
23/09/2026

Our September talk is tonight, Wednesday 23rd, and introduces the rationale for focusing on African lives in northern England and will look, in particular, at Heaton and the wider city of Newcastle.

Full details on the link. No need to book.

Hear about Heaton’s George Stanley, manager of the Tyne Theatre to the theatre’s black performers from the Black Minstrels to David Olusoga and Heaton's other story, that of enslavers profiting from the ‘emancipation’ of enslaved Africans

The talk links Heaton’s George Stanley, manager of the Tyne Theatre to the theatre’s black performers from the Black Minstrels to David Olusoga.

Don't forget, our March talk is tonight. Full details on the link below. No need to book.
25/03/2026

Don't forget, our March talk is tonight. Full details on the link below. No need to book.

25 March 2026 7.30pm NO NEED TO BOOK Knowledge of the Durham Derwent Valley's significance in industrial and social history had been lost to all but a few academics and local historians. The Land of Oak & Iron Landscape Partnership project has transformed that. Val Scully, a local historian who has....

Most people have heard of the Ouseburn, and know that it flows beneath a part of Heaton. However, it isn't the only burn...
23/03/2026

Most people have heard of the Ouseburn, and know that it flows beneath a part of Heaton. However, it isn't the only burn to flow through Heaton.
Read our article to see pictures of Heaton's other burn, find out where it runs, and discover if you live on one of the streets that was build above it.

The Ouseburn is a familiar and much loved feature of East Newcastle which, for much of its course, forms the boundary between Heaton / High Heaton and Sandyford / Jesmond. But how many of us knew that another burn once meandered through the township?

Our March talk - The Land of Oak and Iron - is next Wednesday 25th March. Val Scully, a local historian who has been inv...
20/03/2026

Our March talk - The Land of Oak and Iron - is next Wednesday 25th March. Val Scully, a local historian who has been involved with the project since its inception, will give us an illustrated overview of an area astonishingly packed with rich, varied and significant people and stories.
There's no need to book. Full details on the link.

25 March 2026 7.30pm NO NEED TO BOOK Knowledge of the Durham Derwent Valley's significance in industrial and social history had been lost to all but a few academics and local historians. The Land of Oak & Iron Landscape Partnership project has transformed that. Val Scully, a local historian who has....

We know the Co-op on Heaton was built in 1892 because it says so on the outside but it's difficult to find out anything ...
11/03/2026

We know the Co-op on Heaton was built in 1892 because it says so on the outside but it's difficult to find out anything else about it.
A few years ago we put together an article of what little we do know which is mostly gleaned from some fantastic images and some people's memories.
View the image and see what people remembered about Heaton's Co-op in our article.

See old photos and read some memories of the Heaton Road Co-op

If you regularly read the Evening Chronicle you'll be familiar with frequent speculation about a new stadium. This is no...
09/03/2026

If you regularly read the Evening Chronicle you'll be familiar with frequent speculation about a new stadium. This is nothing new, and in the 1950 the paper carried plans for an 86,000 capacity stadium in Heaton.
The proposed site of the stadium was to be land reclaimed after filling in a river valley. Read our article to see pictures of the valley being culverted and what Heaton looked like at the time as well as finding out about the stadium plans.

There were once plans to build a large stadium, along with new streets in Heaton. See the plans, read about the history of the site and what's there now.

In the spring and summer of 1910 the brutal murder of a colliery wages clerk from Heaton and the subsequent death senten...
04/03/2026

In the spring and summer of 1910 the brutal murder of a colliery wages clerk from Heaton and the subsequent death sentence of the man found guilty of the crime (also formerly of Heaton) gripped the nation. When Clement Attlee set up a review of capital punishment some 40 years later, this case was one which informed the Royal Commission. And it has fascinated writers and dramatists to the present day.
In our article we examine the case, paying particular attention to the Heaton perspective.

In the spring and summer of 1910 the brutal murder of a colliery wages clerk from Heaton and the subsequent death sentence of the man found guilty of the crime (also formerly of Heaton) gripped the nation. When Clement Attlee set up a review of capital punishment some 40 years later, this case was o...

People across America mourned, in November 1986, the loss of 95 year old Dr Fred Olsen. In Heaton, Newcastle, his birthp...
02/03/2026

People across America mourned, in November 1986, the loss of 95 year old Dr Fred Olsen. In Heaton, Newcastle, his birthplace, few would have heard of him. So why was he so well-known in the USA?
Read our story to find out about his life and achievments.

Born on Hotspur Street

Don't forget, our February talk is tonight. There's no need to book - just turn up.Full details below
25/02/2026

Don't forget, our February talk is tonight. There's no need to book - just turn up.
Full details below

Wednesday 25 February 2026 7.30pm THERE'S NO NEED TO BOOK Our February talk takes us to the magnificent Cragside in Northumberland. We'll hear about the life of Sir William (later Lord) Armstrong and the development of his house and gardens in north Northumberland. But the talk won't focus solely on...

At 4.00pm on 11 January 1914, Bert Williamson stood on the frozen Arctic Ocean and, peering through the darkness, saw hi...
23/02/2026

At 4.00pm on 11 January 1914, Bert Williamson stood on the frozen Arctic Ocean and, peering through the darkness, saw his ship disappear into a huge crack in the ice to the sound of solemn music.
Find out what he was doing there and what happened next in our article.

Bert Williamson's ordeal after abandoning ship in the Arctic

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