Sodhouse Bank (106), Gateshead, Co Durham
Sodhouse Bank (106), Gateshead, Co Durham is located at latitude 54.934835, longitude -1.598082.
- Place Notes
- LOW FELL
Originally referred to as Gateshead Fell, after the Enclosure Act of 1809, it was separated into High Fell and Low Fell. Until 1790 Low Fell was only populated by vagrants, tinkers and cloggers. Rent was cheap, in some cases even free; most lived in poverty. The first road was named Sodhouse Bank, as the houses on it were roofed with turf. New roads gradually began to appear - Lamesley Road which later became Kells Lane and Low Fell Road which became Beaconsfield Road and Belle Vue Bank. In the 1880s there was a decade of intensive building and the population soared. Today Low Fell is a prosperous small town.
