St. Michael and All Angels Church, Newburn replaced a Saxon church that was burnt down in 1070. There is a 'weeping chancel', an unusual Eastern sepulchre. The tower was used as a gun platform in the battle of Newburn 1640. Association with George Stephenson, the engineer, and Thomas Hedley, locomotive engineer. Registers go back to 1657.

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