Cullercoats, Northumberland
Historical Description
Cullercoats, a township in the ecclesiastical district of St George and the ancient parish of Tynemouth, 1½ mile NNW of Tynemouth, Northumberland. Until recent years Cullercoats was simply a fishing village, and was included in the older parish of St Paul's, Whitley. By an order in Council (1880) it was formed into a new parish, which comprises also part of Tynemouth. It has a station on the N.E.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office. Area of the township, 15 acres; population, 1620. Cullercoats has become a favourite seaside resort; the sands are very extensive. From the bay to Tynemouth there is a splendid promenade, constructed at the cost of the Duke of Northumberland. A lifeboat is stationed here, and also a Board of Trade rocket life-saving apparatus. The magnificent church of St George was erected by the Duke of Northumberland, in memory of his father, at a cost of between £20,000 and £30,000, and is a beautiful specimen of Early English architecture. It was designed by Mr Pearson, and consists of aisles, with lofty nave, transepts, choir, and apsidal sanctuary. The stone-groined roof is most striking, and the baptistery forms an exquisite feature. A very fine organ has been placed in the church at a cost of £1140 and the sanctuary is adorned by various handsome gifts. The tower and spire is about 180 feet high. There are four bells. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Newcastle; gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. There is a church hall erected in 1886, and a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Northumberland | |
| Civil parish | Tynemouth | |
| Poor Law union | Tynemouth | |
| Ward | Castle |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Cullercoats from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Cullercoats)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Cullercoats are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: