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Water Row Pit
Newburn, Newcastle
54.981659,-1.744448
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Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
8 Sept 2021
Redeveloped
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Description (or HER record listing)
George Stephenson worked at Water Row Pit from 1798 to 1801. There was a row of old cottages at Water Row along the river frontage - now only the Boathouse Inn survives (HER 8891). Water Row was cleared by Newburn Urban District Council as part of a slum clearance in 1931-9 {TWAS UD/Nb/40/35}.
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