The core of Heddon old village. O.S. Third Edition 25 inch to 1 mile (c.1920).
| 1 St Andrew's Church 2 Heddon School 3 School-master's House 4 Church House 5 Jubilee Houses 6 Methodist Church 7 Mushroom Row 8 Garden House 9 Tank House 10 Town Farm 11 Town Farmhouse 12 East Town House 13 Blue Row 14 Clayton Terrace | 15 Square Yard 16 Reading Room 17 Swan Inn 18 Smithy 19 Carter's Cottages 20 Rose & Ivy Cottages 21 Vicarage 22 Houses on Hexham Road 23 Smithy (later Co-op store) 24 Three Tuns Inn 25 Bays Leap Lodge 26 Village pond |
Photos below by George Clark showing views before and after redevelopment in the 1950s
(kindly supplied by his daughter, Isabel Tooze).
(kindly supplied by his daughter, Isabel Tooze).
Mushroom Row shortly before its demolition in 1955. The terrace of 5 houses on the right and back of terrace of 3 houses on the left. The iron water tank with its level marker is behind,
Compared to some of the others below that show the Square Yard and Jubilee Houses in a state of dereliction, just before demolition, Mushroom Row is still full of life. Ladies stand proudly at all four front doors and their men-folk walk the dirt road in front.
These are the first photos I have seen of the Square Yard, although I knew it was there from the old maps, memories and the census. There were 16 houses in the two terraces of the Square Yard and a lot of people in the village lived there over many years.
View from Station Road in 2017. Photo by A Curtis.
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