The Community History

Explore the rich history and heritage of your community through our collection of articles, photographs, and local stories.

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A converted stone farmhouse and attached barn with a gravel courtyard, dormer windows and garage doors, under a blue sky

8 September 2026

Low House: The Farm by the River Pont

Low House is a remote old farm house which has now been converted into private residences.

A stone farmhouse behind a hedge with a red metal field gate, farm buildings and a grain silo to the side

8 September 2026

East Farm, a Stapleton Farm

East Farm was one of the Stapleton family-owned farms in Berwick Hill along with Park House and Low House.

A stone farmhouse with sash windows and two chimneys, a picnic bench on the lawn in front

8 September 2026

South East Farm, Still Working

South East Farm at Berwick Hill is still a working farm and the farmhouse and adjoining cottage is a listed building.

Aerial view of a roadside farmstead with sheds and yards, hedged fields stretching away on either side

8 September 2026

The In-filled Quarry at Berwick Hill

For much of its history, there was a quarry in the centre of Berwick Hill between West End Farm and East Farm, opposite South East Farm.

A grass verge and hedge beside a country road, with a large tree where a building once stood

8 September 2026

The Berwick Hill Blacksmiths

As well as having a pub, in the 19th century Berwick Hill was large enough to have its own blacksmiths.

Aerial photograph overlaid with old map lines at Berwick Hill, a yellow circle marking a building site beside the road, with an old quarry marked nearby

8 September 2026

The Bay Horse: Berwick Hill's Lost Pub

Berwick Hill had its own pub in the middle of the 19th century. It was called the Bay Horse.

A two-storey stone farmhouse with sash windows and two chimneys, set behind a low stone wall with a grass verge in front

8 September 2026

West End Farm, Dated 1723

This farm building probably dates to around 1723. Matthew White Ridley of Blagdon Hall owned the farm and he had the helpful habit of adorning his major…

A two-storey stone cottage terrace with white sash windows, standing directly on the roadside

8 September 2026

Park House Cottages on Berwick Hill Road

Standing alongside Berwick Hill Road are two agricultural cottages now converted into private residences.

A long single-storey stone farm building with a slate roof and clipped hedge, set behind a stone wall at a road junction

8 September 2026

Park House, the Farm on Berwick Hill Road

Park House was a farm which lay about half way between Ponteland and Berwick Hill.

Aerial view of farmland with a yellow ellipse marking a small building beside a track, a main road crossing the fields

8 September 2026

Berwick Hill Tileworks, Later a Cottage

There is a small track just next to the gateway of the Ponteland Rifle Ranges marked Private Road. It leads down to a small, whitewashed cottage.

Aerial view of a modern housing estate beside open fields, a yellow arrow pointing to a spot at the edge of the trees

8 September 2026

The Cottage Homes' Lost Swimming Pool

This clump of trees on the northern boundary of the Jameson Manor estate obscures the site of the outdoor swimming pool which was provided for the…

Aerial view of a red brick tower with a castellated top rising above the roofs of a housing development

8 September 2026

The Cottage Homes Water Tower

At the beginning of the 20th century, clean, piped water was still a rarity outside the major towns and cities.