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Heddon's history timeline 1600 to 1799

The Heddon history time-line is based on work by Pat Farnaby for his previous village web site.

1620    The Close House estate was sold by the Reades family to Robert Bewicke

1635    The mining rights in Heddon were reserved to Ralph Carr

1640    Stagecoaches were introduced

1640    The Scottish Army encamped on Heddon Law on 27th of August before the Battle of Newburn Ford. Link

1642    Start of the English Civil War

1644    The Scots army, which laid siege to Newcastle, stayed overnight at Heddon on their way to Corbridge, to confront the English cavalry. Link

1653    Oliver Cromwell became "Lord Protector of England"

1654    Francis Carr (son and heir of Ralph Carr) sold the mining rights of Heddon to Henry Widdrington of Black Heddon, who in turn sold them to Hon. Charles Howard (Carlisles) of Naworth Castle

1656    Parish records from this date onward are in the custody of the County Records Office.

1665    The Great Plague of London killed 100,000 people

1666    The Great Fire of London ended the plague

1678    The parish Church donated one pound, two shillings and eleven pence towards the building of St Paul's Cathedral.

1670s   The price of a burial stall in the church was two shillings. An affidavit had to be sworn out that the shroud was made of wool to help the wool trade

1671    The first Parish books were kept, giving details of collections and Churchwardens up to 1903

1704    The bell of St Andrews Church was recast, at a cost of £4 10 0.

1706    Hoard of 15 gold and nearly 500 silver coins, the earliest AD 168, was found in the general area of the Giant's Grave at Rudchester. Link

1707    Scotland joined Britain in the "United Kingdom of Great Britain"

1716    East Heddon was sold to Alderman Matthew White of Newcastle and Blagdon

1717    Inclosure (award of Common Lands) divided the ownership of Heddon township between four people   The Earl of Carlisle, Thomas Bigg, Julian Hindmarsh and the vicar of Heddon, the Rev James Carmichael,  (and his successors). The vicar received the Glebe field (approx 13 acres)

1721    Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister

1724    Earliest Gravestone to be now found in the churchyard of St Andrew's church.

1724    Census of the parish put the population at 175 families and 754 souls in the six townships, of the parish (East Heddon, West Heddon, Houghton, Close House, Whitchester and Eachwick)

1739    John and Charles Wesley started the Methodist religious revival

1745    Jacobite Rebellion led to General Wade ordering the construction of the Military Road

c1746 

1748    The Wylam Waggon Way was constructed

1752    General Wade constructed the Military Road. During construction of the Military Road through Heddon on the Wall. Roman coins and medals, in a decayed wooden box, were found in the ruins of the old wall at Heddon. Some of the medals were in excellent condition, some were of silver, but most of copper. The more interesting were purchased by the Royal Society. The coins were from the reigns of Maximain and Constantine (A.D. 394), a period when the Roman Legions were withdrawing from Britain. Link

1754    A parish census carried out by the then vicar, Mr Armstrong showed that in Heddon village there were 175 families, with 754 people

1769    James Watt invented an efficient steam engine

1771    The river Tyne flooded. All the bridges in the Tyne Valley were destroyed except for the bridge at Corbridge. The Tyne Bridge in Newcastle was one of those swept away.

1775    American War of Independence began

1779    Close House Mansion was built for the private use of the Bewicke family

1781    George Stephenson was born in Street House (Stephenson's Cottage)

1784    A Heddon Colliery was the first in the coal trade to start using mechanical means of "screening" the coal to separate by size

1789    French Revolution began

1794-99  Newcastle to Maryport Canal schemes proposed (but never built)

1796    Heddon Square (Frenchman's Row) cottages were built

1796    The Sixth Earl of Carlisle sold his share of Heddon to Nathaniel Clayton for the sum of £15,750

1797-1804  Thomas Bewick's 'History of British Birds'

1799    Income Tax was first imposed in Britain at a rate of two shillings in the pound  (10%) on incomes over £200 as a means of paying for the war against the French forces under Napoleon.
  
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