The Changing Face Of Battle Hill
Battle Hill in Wallsend has undergone massive changes in the last few years, with the demolition of the old shopping centre (as shown below) and the building of a brand new shopping center situated on the opposite side of Battle Hill Drive, where the old Battle Hill flats once stood.
Lets hope the vandals are being targeted by the “right people” as the success of the new Battle hill shopping complex will in part depend on the visits of many potential customers from the Holy Cross.
We will of course keep this page updated when more “significant” improvements have been made.
The slideshow below (photos below that) takes you on a short tour of the small church and the entrance to the well maintained grounds.
We start the slideshow with pictures of the only entrance to Battle Hill from the Holy Cross part of Wallsend which is a underpath under the coast road, which it seems is frequented by vandals and obviously rubbish graffiti “artists”.
Yes .. help yourself for use on your personal blog, but please give us a shout out for the use of 🙂
( personal web/blog use only, businesses should do the right thing 🙂 )
Where Is Battle Hill?
Battle Hill is to the north of Wallsend town centre & stretches from the 1058 coast road through to the Rising Sun country park.
As the name suggests it is built at the highest point of Wallsend, however the only other link we can find, which gives us a hint as to why it is called Battle Hill is that there was once a field appropriately enough called “Battle Hill Field”.
14 comments
Skip to comment form
Could Battle Hill be named after “Battle Hill Farm”? In the 1920’s, my great-grandmother in New Zealand asked a friend to find the property where her parents had lived in the 1860’s – “Willington North Farm”. The friend sent a letter about her visit to the farm to my great-grandmother – the letter is not dated or signed.
Mrs Bowran, the wife of William Bowran who was the occupier, said: “All income tax and rate papers come to us addressed North Farm, but locally it is known as Battle Hill Farm.”
The land of the West Farm was joined to the land of the North Farm, to become Battle Hill Farm, 310 acres. The farm was close to Willington Stables.
We were the second family to move to battle hill back in 68 my late dad ( Jimmy bryden) worked for bellway homes and bought the house he was working on? Me and my brothers had a fantastic childhood there never far from the “tallers” and the glass tower happy days
Can anybody tell me who opened Battle Hill Shopping Centre ? For some reason I thought it was Malcolm MacDonald or did he just visit it.I think I can remember being there but not sure as I would of been about 7 years old
Battle hill is lifting !!
yes Battle hill is a lifting and delightfull place, a credit to the folk who live in the estate
Hi, can anyone tell me the name of the large club situated near the battle hill estate area, that had great entertainment during the 1970s/80s? I believe it was called something on the lines of Percy Maine/Waynes…have some wonderful memories of the place and people…
Author
Hi Peter
Maybe you are talking about Battle Hill Social Club which was behind the Emperor Hadrian?
Hi the name Battle Hill Estate came from the old mining company when the council bought the land the mining company ask if the name could be kept thats why its called battle Hill Estate and has nothing to do with a Battle or the farm, how do I know this because battle Hill Primary school has done a timeline of the history of Battle Hill and I have seen the actual document which I believe has the sale info of the sale.
People will say know I am wrong but I have seen the evidence to prove that Battle Hill Estate is named after the old mining company that owned the land.
Bottle house? Is that a house made of bottles, in the shape of a bottle or did it make bottles?
Author
I think it is probably because thatch for the cottage roofs was/is usually tied tightly in bundles what used to be/still are called “bottles”. But i look forward to being corrected 🙂
As it happens battle hill is named because it was an old settlement of thatched bottle houses and not because of a battle as so many assume. Originally called bottle hill , other settlements similar include walbottle and shilbottle however spelling has been lost over time,(quite common in those times)
Author
Brilliant. 🙂 thanks for the info Darren
What is the history of Battle Hill and why did it get its name?
Hi the name Battle Hill Estate came from the old mining company when the council bought the land the mining company ask if the name could be kept thats why its called battle Hill Estate and has nothing to do with a Battle or the farm, how do I know this because battle Hill Primary school has done a timeline of the history of Battle Hill and I have seen the actual document which I believe has the sale info of the sale.
People will say know I am wrong but I have seen the evidence to prove that Battle Hill Estate is named after the old mining company that owned the land.