| Throckley | |
|---|---|
 Top Left:Throckley St. Mary the Virgin Church Top Right: Dandy Cart of Throckley Colliery Bottom: Throckley Hall | |
  Throckley Location within Tyne and Wear | |
| Population | 6,200 |
| OS grid reference | NZ158668 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE15 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
Throckley is a village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Newcastle city centre. Hadrian's Wall passed through the village, its course traced by the village's main road, Hexham Road.[1] Throckley lies within the historic county of Northumberland.
Throckley was a colliery village, being adjacent to Throckley Colliery, but with the decline in the coal-mining industry the village has become more urbanised.
The English industrialist, philanthropist and historical Lord Mayor of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sir William Haswell Stephenson was born in Throckley[2] and lived in the manor house Throckley Hall[3] with his wife and two children, located in the South West of the village. Stephenson owned much of the land surrounding Throckley and the coal pits.[4] He was Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1875, 1884, and 1894 and Lord Mayor in 1902, 1909, 1910, and 1911.[5]
Other notable residents include William Brown, a consulting engineer in the 18th century, and part owner of Throckley Colliery, who was responsible for the construction of many colliery waggonways throughout the North East of England. As a youngster, George Stephenson worked on Dewley farm which lies to the north of the A69.
Throckley neighbours the villages of Newburn, Walbottle, Blucher, and across the border in Northumberland, Heddon-on-the-Wall. The village expanded with a number of new housing estates having been developed since the mid-2000s.
Amenities include a supermarket, car parts shop, a number of hair salons, social clubs and a working men's club, three care homes for the elderly, two churches, a solarium, funeral parlour, an optometrist, medical surgery,[6] a range of newsagents, a chemist, a Masonic hall,[7] and a primary school (Throckley Primary School).
Throckley's economy is also boosted by the presence of an industrial estate, home to Throckley Brickworks and Warmseal Windows.
- ^ "Hadrian's Wall and vallum from Throckley to East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall in wall mile 11, Non Civil Parish - 1010616 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Stephenson, Sir William Haswell, DL, DCL". A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland.
- ^ "FreeCEN -General Register Office: 1861 Census Returns database". FreeCEN. Free UK Genealogy.
- ^ "William Haswell Stephenson (1836-1918), Businessman and Civic Leader". Philanthropy North East.
- ^ "Mayors and Sheriffs 1216 to date" (PDF). Newcastle City Council.
- ^ "Throckley Primary Care".
- ^ "Throckley Masonic Hall". Northumberlandmasons.org. Retrieved 8 March 2015.