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This short stretch of road along the former parish boundary between Newburn and Heddon on the Wall, now at the rear of a row of terraced houses, is named on the first edition 6" scale Ordnance Survey map as 'Seal Lane'. The map was surveyed 1858-1869 and published in 1864.

The surveyors recorded: "A part of the old Road between Newcastle and Carlisle, a seal was killed here, hence the name, of course the road has no traffic now."
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The fields to the north (left side of the photo) were known as 'Reigh' (after the nearby Reigh Burn): "A small district, principally in cultivation, it was formerly (being nearly level) a standing pool of
back water from the Tyne."

The houses were built for the employees of Heddon brickworks by Bates of Heddon Hall in 1889 and sold to the Throckley Coal Company in 1895 NZ1565 : Blayney Row, Newburn