Walbottle
| Walbottle | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Walbottle Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ175665 |
| Location: | 54°59’35"N, 1°43’41"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Postcode: | NE15 |
| Dialling code: | 0191 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newcastle upon Tyne North |
Walbottle is a village in Northumberland which has become effectively a western suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne.
History and name
The village name, recorded in 1176 as Walbotl, is derived from the Old English weall botl, meaning "wall settlement", from its position on Hadrian's Wall. The suffix botl is a distinctly Anglian usage, and gives several villages in Northumberland the "-bottle" suffix.
Bede, in his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People', refers to a royal estate called Ad Murum near the Roman Wall where, in 653 AD, the King of the Middle Angles, Peada, and the King of the East Saxons, Sigeberht, were both baptised as Christians by Bishop Finan, having been persuaded to do so by King Oswy of Northumbria. Historians have identified Ad Murum with Walbottle.
Ann Potter, the mother of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, the great industrialist, was born at Walbottle Hall in 1780 and lived there until 1801.
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