1091 Heworth as a village appears in records
1314 Scots army destroy both the manors of Heworth and Wardley
1348 Black Death hits the area
1362 Bishop Hatfields survey says "a great many people in a pitiable condition of want and destruction"
1372 Watermill is established
1473 Quarrying is being carried on 1478 Grindstones are being made
1509 The Brandlings get Felling
1530 White House, a mansion is built 1536-1539 Church of England takes over from Catholic as main religion
1590 Brandling family acquire manor of Felling
1670 Brandlings commence coal mining in The Felling
1717 Haddon's Tomb in St May's Churchyard
1794 Kell Quarrying commences at Heworth Shore
1795 Thomas Hepburn dies
1796 Hugh Lee Pattinson, industrial chemist born in Alston, Cumbria
1779 John Hodgson, antiquary/clergyman born in the same year that the Brandlings open Felling Colliery....
...they'll regret it when that sharp Shap lad grows up
1800 Kell Quarrying at Windy Nook
1805 Methodist Chapel built at Felling Shore 1808 John Hodgson becomes vicar of Jarrow with Heworth
1812 Felling Pit Disaster
1813 Coins and earthenware beaker discovered at St. Mary's, Heworth
1815 Miners Safety Lamp developed
1821 New High Heworth Colliery opens 1822 Current Heworth Church is built
1823 John Hodgson still vicar but also vicar of church at Kirk Whelpington 1825 Thomas Hepburn forms a miners' union
1827 Felling Lodge built for surgeon Mr. Lammas and Friars Goose Chemical works opened
1831 Matthew Plummer becomes curate of Heworth 1834 Heworth becomes a separate parish from Jarrow
Hugh Lee Pattinson sets up chemical works at Felling
1836 The Railway comes to The Felling..Brandling Junction beginsWilliam Falla committed suicide in Ravensworth Wood
1842 St Alban's Church in Windy Nook opens
St Patrick's RC Chapel in Felling Shore opens.
Brandling Station opens
1845 John Hodgson dies
1847 Ardallan is built
1853 John Hodgson's wife dies
Son Richard Wellington Hodgson, inheritor of the Kell Quarry fortune builds North Dene House
1854 Richard W Hodgson becomes mayor of Gateshead
1856 Joseph Hopper, creator of Aged Miners Homes is born
1857 Historian John Oxberry is born at Windy Nook
1858 Hugh Lee Pattinson dies
1863 CWS comes to Pelaw
1864 Felling Local Board begins..30 years becoming an Urban District Council
Thomas Hepburn dies
1866 Christ Church opens
1871 Wardley Colliery opens and Richard W Hodgson is again mayor of Ghd
1872 Railway line from Pelaw to Tyne Dock opened
1877 James Steel becomes vicar at St. Mary's Heworth 1881 Sir Godfrey Hilton Thomson is born
1882 Walter Scott buys publishing company and links Felling on Tyne with London, New York and Melbourne 1885 Richard W. Hodgson dies 1894 Felling Urban District Council is formed 1895 St Patrick's Church opens on St Patrick's Day
1896 Pelaw Station in its current position opened
1898 Joseph Hopper of Windy Nook creates the Aged Miners Homes Association
1902 First CWS factory opens..Drugs and Drysaltery
1904 Boer War Memorial (The Pant) is unveiled
1907 Costelloe's Building built on Felling High Street
Murder of John Patterson at Windy Nook Co-op
Express passenger train derailed.
The Wheat Sheaf pub is built
1908 Joseph W Noble hanged for Co-op murder
1909 Joseph Hopper dies
1910 Imperial Cinema. Wellington Str opens
1911 Corona Picture Hall opens, Wardley Colliery closes, Follonsby Colliery opens
1912 Printing Works, Pelaw opened
1917 Charles Gwilliam becomes vicar at St Mary's, Heworth
1929 Imperial Cinema, Wellington Str burns down
1932 large chemical works at Felling Shore closes
1936 Felling Colliery closes
1937 John Oxberry, Historian is made a Freeman of Gateshead
1940 John Oxberry dies
1946 Rev Dennis is vicar at St. Mary's, Heworth
1951 Pant removed to Council depot where it lanquishes until broken up for landfill. David Almond is born
1954 Leam Lane Estate development commences
1955 Gateshead Stadium opens
1956 White House mansion demolished
1958 Merry Widow of Windy Nook sentenced to death..later just prison sentence
1959 Felling Bypass opens and Wardley Colliery reopens and merges with Follonsby Colliery
1960 Felling Swimming Baths opens and Chris Waddle born
1962 Crowhall Towers built
1963 Heworth Colliery closes
1974 Follonsby Colliery closes and The Felling becomes part of Gateshead County Borough Council
1975 Pelaw Main coal staithes dismantled
1979 Heworth railway station opens
1981 Heworth Metro Station opens
1984 The Cup and Coins discovered in 1813 at Heworth are found to be 19th Century forgeries
1986 Richard Cole's artwork "Windy Nook" is installed
1990 Harrison's Ship Repair Yard, Bill Quay closes
1993 Pelaw CWS works ceased
2016 ASDA Felling Supermarket opens
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