Place:Wallsend, Northumberland, England

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Wallsend from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"WALLSEND, a township and a parish in Tynemouth district, Northumberland. The township lies on the river Tyne and on the Newcastle and Tynemonth railway, at the E end of the Roman wall, 3½ miles ENE of Newcastle; took its name from its position at the end of the wall; contained the Roman Segedunum, where Roman pottery, inscriptions, coins, an altar to Jupiter, and other Roman relics have been found; became noted, in last century, for coal-workings of prime quality, which yielded an average profit of £20,000 annually for twenty years, but became unprofitable and were abandoned in 1853; contains a village of its own name; and has a post-office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a [railway] station, a church of 1809, [United] Presbyterian and Methodist chapels, a free school, two blast furnaces, forge-works, lead and copper smelting-works, and two chemical manufactories. Population in 1851: 2,161; in 1861: 2,371. Houses: 501.

"The parish includes two other townships; forms a [registration] sub-district; and comprises 2,579 acres of land and 208 of water. Real property: £17,335; of which £600 are in ironworks. Population in 1851: 5,721; in 1861: 6,715. Houses: 1,079. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of [Durham]. The [perpetual] curacies of Willington and Howdon-Pans are separate benefices."