Community Stories

Suburban Dystopia

The Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin lived here after fleeing revolution and censorship in his homeland. In England, he rebuilt his…

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Light & Memory

Set in the south of the suburb is Jesmond United Reformed Church, a protestant church that bookends this trail with St George’s to the north.

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Grand and Generous

St George’s is a landmark Anglican church that looks out across the Newcastle suburb of Jesmond. Built in 1888, it has witnessed the evolution of the area and the lives of the people who have called it home ever since.

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A Long Way West

This area of Jesmond, with its Victorian terraces overlooking the Town Moor and Exhibition Park, is known as Brandling Village.…

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Jesmond Landmarks

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